Happy Summer Solstice and Litha

Dear Lovely Reader,

Happy Sunday. Today is a magical day. I wonder if you are aware of it. We are in the Summer Solstice, the year’s longest period of daylight and the shortest night (In the northern hemisphere). It is also the Pagan/Witch holiday Litha - which celebrates the beginning of Summer - we are here! We made it.

For Litha, we honor the longest day of the year - when the Sun is at its peak power and and the northern hemishere is saturated with light. Our world is in full bloom now. During this time we celebrate vitality, abundance and beauty. So I hope you take a moment to take it in and smile.

Also, something to think about, it is thought that at this time the veil between worlds grows thin in a different way than at Samhain (Halloween), not with the cold breath of death and ancestors, but with the wild, electric presence of the fae, the nature spirits, and the full force of solar magic at its strongest. So this is a time of peak magical potency, think “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - fun, frolic and magic.

So how will you spend it? What will you do today to celebrate? Try to find the beauty and enchantment today. It is there in nature to be sure, but it is also in music….in the smile of those we love, the beingness of our beloved pets and the way they see the world and so much more……Where will you find it, I wonder.

And I offer this Sunday blessing from a favorite writer of mine, John O’Donohue:

May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.

“A Morning Offering” – Benedictus (To Bless The Space Between Us in the U.S.)

Sending you lots of love - Happy Litha!!!!!