First Holy Night 2007 ~ Solitude & Intimacy
DECEMBER 25, 2007
_In my solitude_
_I drink deeply of soul,_
_I go to the source and I am filled..._
_My aloneness_
_is where I find the earth beneath my feet,_
_and the beat of my heart_
_to carry me through the twists and turns_
_of life..._
_In knowing myself_
_every changing,_
_I can dance with others_
_letting their love_
_and laughter,_
_tears and visions of the world_
_move with me,_
_coloring the beauty found_
_in everyday living..._
_This feast of friendship,_
_this intimacy of self and other_
_becoming trees in the forest,_
_dappled in shade and light,_
_where life flourishes_
_and grows_
_in all ways precious..._
_Photo: Solitude candle in the heart space of the labyrinth._
**[First Holy Night of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmas.com/071.html)**
with Lynn Jericho
_I drink deeply of soul,_
_I go to the source and I am filled..._
_My aloneness_
_is where I find the earth beneath my feet,_
_and the beat of my heart_
_to carry me through the twists and turns_
_of life..._
_In knowing myself_
_every changing,_
_I can dance with others_
_letting their love_
_and laughter,_
_tears and visions of the world_
_move with me,_
_coloring the beauty found_
_in everyday living..._
_This feast of friendship,_
_this intimacy of self and other_
_becoming trees in the forest,_
_dappled in shade and light,_
_where life flourishes_
_and grows_
_in all ways precious..._
_Photo: Solitude candle in the heart space of the labyrinth._
**[First Holy Night of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmas.com/071.html)**
with Lynn Jericho
**[Lynn's Blog on the Twelve Holy Nights of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmas.libsyn.com/)**
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