As the year starts to draw to a close, it’s so helpful to slow down and take a moment to pause as we approach the huge transition that is the Winter Solstice. It’s a time to reflect, with compassion, on the year that has almost ended, and decide what wisdom you will be taking with you into the new year.

After the Solstice it’s as if the sun stands still for a few days, in Latin ‘sol’ literally means sun and ‘sistere’ means to stand still. Very gradually, day by day, the light will start to return as we move away from the darkness of Winter. At this time we can draw inwards and rest awhile, approaching the new year with hopefulness, knowing that the Sun has been reborn.

In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible Summer – Albert Camus