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I am Canadian and I love my country. On July 1, Canada celebrates independence and our ongoing growth and development as a nation. Wherever and whoever you are, celebrate with us Canadians today. Celebrate your national pride. Gather a paper, a pen, and a small piece of ribbon or string. Write down ten things you love about your country. I love Canadian manners, and politeness; socialized medicine and education; regional diversity and how we embrace newcomers; racial diversity, equity, and ...
Here is a prayer for the summer solstice. Feel free to reword it as you wish. I welcome the east, where energy rises;call in the south, where the lightreaches; gather the west, where we seeksacred rest; and greet the north, wherewe sink into our roots. Hail above,where our planetary parents Sun andMoon reside, and below, where allthat has come before informs us. Rise. Reach. Rest. Roots.Above and below. I place my hands on my heart andknow that as I stand in the brightlight of the summer ...
June is Great Outdoors Month, and a perfect time to get outside and enjoy nature. Go to a natural setting, rural or urban, and spend some time exploring. Find natural totems representing the four elements, such as a feather or leaf representing air, sunlight or lamplight to represent fire, some water, and a stone representing earth. Sit on the earth and place your air totem in the east. Say: Air of the east inspires me.I breathe in new life.And breathe. In the south, let your face turn toward ...
The woods are bursting with wildflowers at this time of year. Trillium, dogtooth violet, and trout lilies abound in my area. Wildflowers are resilient, strong, willful, and beautiful. Get outside and find some. If you live in a city, you may find wildflowers in the unexpected wild lands of urban ravines, parks, and cemeteries. Don’t pick the wildflowers that you find, but draw from their energy, knowing how much it took for them to push up through the snow, mud, and soil. Let each ...
