Happy New Year Everyone! May you release anything that holds you back from living in your brilliance, and nourish the thoughts, ideas and dreams you wish to come true. Peace, love, and light to all.
PDF download templates for words "Peace, Love, Light" here
Today I got to spend time with 4th, 5th, and 6th graders talking about Winter Solstice at a local (Phoenix, AZ) elementary school. Lots of fun folding and cutting paper! They were all concentrating so well - some chose the more complex polyhedrons and were pleasantly surprised that they intuitively knew how it all came together. I love it when they trust themselves to figure it all out; to stay with it and then they love that they were able to do it on their own!
There's something magical about folding polyhedrons. I think it's because they are going from a two-dimentional flat (polygon shape) paper into a three-dimentional (polyhedron) form. Tape is pretty magical too; nothing like tape to make everything come together...
"Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.” - Eckhart Tolle
Detail of illustration from the "How to Celebrate Winter Solstice" book
Our family tradition is to decorate a live tree or plant. Our Ficus tree has provided us with year after year decorating and celebrating our Winter Solstice.
Thank goodness for wheels under that huge pot!
What kind of plant or tree do you decorate?