* * * LOSS & LIGHT during the holidays * * *

Winter’s solstice is the shortest day & the longest night, but they said it was brighter than usual…maybe cuz of your open heart, your shiny dreams, your warm wishes for the world!  Yes I’m corny & cheesy like that and I totally believe it’s this kind of not-normal, not-based-in-reality perspective that helps us to experience all that is bright even in the seeming darkness of things.  Things like recent passings for many close friends, including the passing of a dear friend of mine Rev Deb Knowles from Unity of Kona. 

I get to be with them Jan 6th after her celebration of life and share some message of comfort on our immense loss.  There is no way to sugar-coat the physical loss of a loved one, but I think there is a way to be with the grief & still shift our focus to highlight the brilliance of these loved ones, share the best of who they are, take the best of their impact on us, and practice feeling their different, non-material presence that is still with us.

See my brave, beautiful, brilliant friend, Rev. James Mellon, deliver a talk just days after his sweet 19 year old daughter suddenly passed away.  Talk about being the light, finding the light, commiting to know the light through such a dark, heart-breaking time.  This is when faith becomes knowing through the tears & brokeness. LOVE ONLY as James always says!  Holy Wow!