Solstice Bonfire

I guess I was expecting something magical to happen at Solstice last night. I dunno, some great awakening, or knowing would come to me. As I sat on the ground and watched the bonfire blaze I held myself...well, expectant I guess is a good word, for whatever magic would present itself.

Nothing happened. No great awakening, no spiritual beings from somewhere else came on down and delivered any important messages, no great revelations appeared. As I sat by the fire I sorta pondered why I even HAD expectations. I mean who am I to EXPECT something from Universe? Universe has been very good at providing everything I need, every single day. Why would there be some special message for me just because it's Sosltice?

The more I thought about it the more I realized that I must be missing something. It FELT like something important was happening, but I couldn't figure out exactly what. So I set aside all my hopes, aspirations and expectations, and simply opened myself up to Universe, not to define anything it was sending, just to accept it without question.

I looked my family around me. My beloved husband and best mate built the bonfire, and it was a doozy. My son, who has had many, many painful lessons through a mental illness, was there with us, bringing his new Love. They were both radiant, happy and shining with joy in their new relationship. Even one of the cats came down to enjoy the bonfire.

Suddenly I realized that there WAS magic, all around me, I had just failed to notice. No, nobody came down in a ship and gave me answers to the mysteries of Universe. No great light shone down on us, filling us with awareness. But there was LOVE.

That's really all the magic we need, isn't it?

yarra