A few years back I started celebrating the winter solstice. I'm mildly into that kind of thing, I think the rituals are cool. I would consider myself a spiritual person, who is (or tries to be) in tune with nature, so it fits. On the evening of December 21st, when we burn the Yule log, it is a time to set your intentions for the coming year. So, same thing right? Actually, no. Intention holds a more powerful meaning, to me anyway. When I write my intention(s)on a piece of paper for the coming year, they are things I am firm on doing. I couldn't tell you what I wrote in 2023, but my life has taken a big swing, so the follow through worked.
I will probably never forget what I wrote this year, but I'm not telling. I talked over the incident with my "Guru" Preston, (my nephew) and he said to keep it between me and the Universe. This is what happened. Picture it, Northern Wisconsin, 2024......
We had just returned home from Christmas with The BEM's family. He wanted to move the small firepit to the front yard for the winter season and set about doing that. I made sure he didn't forget the Yule log I had picked out, and I went in to feed the cats and write my intentions. I wrote three very unrelated things on the paper, then I shook some cinnamon (for prosperity) and nutmeg (protection) on it, folded it up, and headed outside.
The Brown Eyed Man had the fire set up, and I popped the lighter out of my pocket, and got her going. There wasn't much of a wind, so it was pretty easy. Once the fire was started, I tucked my little paper into the middle and sat down on my chair on the porch of the shed, to visualize my intentions while watching the fire creep closer to them. The fire reached its peak, and the little paper burned quickly. I kid you not, and I have a witness, the minute it burned up the entire fire went out. Boom. Just like that. There was no wind.
The Brown Eyed Man and I both kind of jumped with a start. He said, "What the...?" and I asked if he had ever seen a fire do that before. His answer was no, and I haven't either. Bonfires normally go out in more of a gradual way, and you can tell when you need to move to add fuel to the flame to keep it alive. I sat there staring for a moment or two, and then I said, "Accepted? Denied? Get your affairs in order???"
Later that night I told Preston what happened, and his take on it, was that something accepted my intentions and shut it down firmly before anything could be added or changed. We also agreed it was best to keep what I wrote between me, and the universe. He didn't even want me to tell him.
So tonight, I make no New Years resolutions, because I already have shifted a few things, and I INTEND to keep it that way.
If you make resolutions tonight, or you don't, I wish you a very Happy New Year. Please know that no matter what, you are enough, as you are, right now in this moment! Good-bye 2024, thank you for the lessons learned.
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