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Celebrating the Wobble
For me, a sad/happy day
I have mentioned it countless times but I am an extremely solar human. I’m like a plant. Without sunshine I wither and shrivel. So it stands to reason that the day with the least amount of sunshine in the Northern Hemisphere would be a very sad day for me. When I think about that fact I am indeed saddened but I try not to focus on that. For me, the winter solstice has become a very happy moment.
For one thing, the days will now be getting longer with more sunshine each day. How can that fact not fill anyone with joy? Why bitch about reaching the bottom of the sunshine abyss when we are now headed back up instead of continuing to head down? We’ve been sinking into the darkness for a long time but now we’re heading back towards the light. Now that is something to celebrate!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if our dear planet did not wobble? If there were no seasons and the weather was the same 365 days a year? Would that be boring, or what?
The moment of the winter solstice and the moment of the summer solstice are most assuredly the two most powerful moments of the entire solar year. They are moments when the planet pauses between direction. If the planet pauses for two moments a year shouldn’t we pause, too? And shouldn’t we change direction, too?
