Solstice

Perspective and definition.  Today people around the world dance for different reasons.  We Christians have found it easier to re-define the winter solstice.  Jesus as the Light being born into the world makes a lot of sense as we begin to see the light lengthening.  At least it makes sense from this Northerner*s perspective.  We humans are the universal adaptors.  We can rationalize nearly everything.  I have no doubt that Australia makes its own sense of the birth of Jesus coming at a time when the days are at their longest.  If I lived there, I would have known this to be the clearly understood thing.  Perspective.  Definition.

The season has changed

Finally

Officially.

Like all marker days,

The solstice is there for a reason.

Today has to do with the earth

And the sun;

The longest day

The shortest night.

In the Northern Hemisphere

People dance.

In the South people dance

For different reasons.

They dance for light*s return.

Genesis said it best

John echoed with Jesus as the Light

Of the world,

The perpetual Light of the world,

No matter the outward appearances.

The movement from dark to light

Seem easier to capture.

Today, we claim the height of light;

Tomorrow, we begin to darken.

The South begins the journey

The opposite way,

Easier to see

Easier to grab onto.

It is amazing we share the same calendar.

In the Australian restaurant two nights ago

The map of the world

Was upside down.