On the evening of 20th June the Summer Solstice will be celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere. The UK is experiencing a heat wave so it looks like to be a very hot one. Marking the longest day of the year, many will gather at Stonehenge to witness the sunrise or sunset that aligns with the ancient stones.

As I reflect at this time of year I am reminded of our ancient ancestors who honoured the Earth’s cycles and seasons, who would celebrate with rituals. In 2006 I was invited by a work colleague and her husband to accompany them to the celebrations.

At 1.30am in the morning, we were walking across fields under a Full Moon, with the sound of drums in the distance. It is an experience I shall never forget. I was probably walking in the footsteps of the ancestors who also made that journey. Many have lost their connection to nature and the changing seasons, so Love’s healing message from the Black Rose is this:

Stop, pause, and look beyond the chaos

As Jupiter has now moved into Cancer, it can be an emotional time as discomfort and awareness of the body and emotions are coming to the fore.

For the past few weeks I have a friend who has been collecting shells for me. Large, cockle shells that appear “not of this world” and a large unbroken scallop shell were in the collection.

I understood the scallop shell as it reminded me of the pilgrims that walk the Camino Way, or the Way of St James. I have friends’ who over the past years have taken big trips and walked the Camino, to other holy places too. The cockle shells were something else.

Living with illness has taught me how we often miss the many sacred moments in our daily lives that like shells on a beach that get carried by the tide, so we too can be carried taking us deeper into our journey which is a pilgrimage in itself.

Writing my book, a memoir and legacy, is like a spiritual pilgrimage for me, as I dive into the depths and become more honest with myself. It is a personal journey forever seeking growth.

To break our pre-conceived ideas of what is truth and what is reality requires conscious awareness. I have had to dig deep into my distorted beliefs and programming, and it will be a requirement for the collective over the coming years.

In the chapters of my book I have had to challenge the lies and distorted truths that created chaos from what I learnt as a child, was drummed into me at school, or what I learnt in books. Most importantly, I had to challenge what I believed deep down.

What are your wounds the lies covered up?

Who does the lie serve?

Cockle shells and Silver linings

Those cockle shells have a message for the collective, they offer hope in the seas of sadness that appear to be permeating and engulfing the world and humanity at the moment.

They remind me to step out of the lines of time that were forged on their shells and that everything I have every worried about was to keep me in the confines of the prison of my mind that lowered my immune system. Self-reflection and integration. Things have to be resolved and left behind.

Enter the shortest night of sacred light and use the light and frequency of this Solstice to challenge what you identify as truth or what you were told as a child. Planetary healing is possible. One person at a time.

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May the Love Letters continue to Inspire, Comfort and Support you in times of need.

With Love,

Linda