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June 17, 2009
SAD or Summer Averse Disorder
No, I jest. I couldn’t in all honesty say I’m averse to British summertime. Like everyone else last year I felt deprived of the cleansing of a hot summer as I entered the autumn and I feel the same about cold winters. I LOVED this winter and the gorgeous warm Spring. However, I have just been preparing for a Solstice celebration that I’m part of over the weekend and I noticed how much less natural it felt for me than preparing the ones in the darker part of the year. My Seasonal Affective Delight is Autumn Equinox to Samhain (21 Sept-Oct 31) and I’m happy to throw in the bare trees, the bleak cold and the nights really drawing in of November too. Less keen once Christmas rears its ugly head but that’s for different reasons.
Yes, I have to admit it I am a winter baby and the darkness in my spirituality is quite hardwired into my soul. I feel I can trust it all a bit more if there’s some darkness around. Don’t know what that says about me except that I’m a card carrying 6 on the Enneagram. So here is my Saddo Adjusted prayer for the Summer Solstice for other Saddos who like the shadows.
This is the long day
This is the day for brightness, the lightness, the burnishing sun
This is the day when the warm earth is bursting with joy
This is the day for rejoicing and being with friends
This is the day for fruitfulness and creativity
For the summertime and for abundance
But this is the day that must pass
This the day that looks toward the shortest day
The day when the sun will begin to wane
When darkness will start to grow
When I am reminded that
Life belongs with death
Light belongs with shadow
Day belongs with night
Summer belongs with winter
Flourishing with diminishment
Brokenness with mercy
Relationship with the journeys I must make alone.
As the sun draws all to its zenith, I embrace with love all that must fade
And place myself in the divine rhythm of life death and new life.
May I greet all that rises to meet me with gratitude and compassion
As I set out this midsummer’s day.
Posted by Tess at June 17, 2009 02:39 PM