Happy Solstice wherever it finds you. There is violence, pain, and desperation in the world. There is suffering and death and misery.

There is also hope, love, faith, endurance, constancy, and devotion. As we start turning towards the loss of light (in the Northern Hemisphere at least) I choose to be warmed by the affection and benevolence of the people who choose to be in my life.

Just as certainly as the longest day will end there will be hope of another day after that and another day after that. Even when the sunlight hours are few I will be loved. If you are reading this I probably love you so you are loved too.

Hold onto the hope and the love. We will stumble forward somehow.