Sometimes life gives you a giant spotlight to show you the stark differences between love and not-love.

I’m not sure why but these moments in my life tend to show up around the winter solstice. Maybe it has something to do with light and darkness. So as I cross this threshold into darkness and back again into light, it is possible to see the situations I have endured which are no longer tolerable.

I’m feeling both the light and the darkness right now: I am alight with love and joy and creativity, and I am sad about the people who are choosing to be petty, controlling and duplicitous. Tomorrow I will light a small fire to burn away the old baggage and to grieve for what is lost. But the way forward is open and clear.

On this Solstice Eve, may your own journey be illuminated by love and joy.