22/12/2024
Winter Solstice ✨ Belonging
To where and to whom do we belong?
Is it a person or place,
The moon or the stars,
Or a galaxy far away?
For many lives this soul has searched,
To where she might belong,
Like a hungry ghost that knows no bounds,
Her searches wander on.
And yet, there comes a time when stillness falls,
In the quiet dark of midnight skies,
Where guided by the stars alone,
We turn to face the space inside;
This space inside we know so well,
From the where the answers rise,
And there it ends this endless search,
In this place where belonging resides.
Reflecting recently on my own sense of belonging, these words tumbled through me, as I was gently reminded that belonging is already inside of us.
Somehow, we all long to belong to someone, something, or somewhere, and Christmas is often a time that can put our sense of belonging into question, as we navigate family dynamics and social gatherings.
But the truth is we were born belonging. It is only through the fog of our human confusions and mis-perceptions that we simply forget that belonging is already here!
❤️✨❤️
