We Should Appreciate the Winter Solstice
We have become too wise in our own conceits if ever we let a winter solstice go by without a glance upward to rejoice that the sun will sink no lower in the darkening sky . .. We walk too hurriedly if ever we pass the season’s first pasqueflower by, too busy to let its meeting stay us for a quiet moment before this token of the covenant of life to continue in beauty despite the storm.
Notes:
It's a shame if we do not at least glance up at the sky to appreciate the fact that the days will be getting longer.
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