As the days grow shorter and darkness deepens, consider the possibility that the diminishing light in the outer world offers an invitation to discover and amplify the light within.

For many, this has been a difficult year. Perhaps even a difficult several years. We've navigated political and social upheaval, personal losses, uncertainty, and disappointments that have tested our resilience and depleted our reserves. And yet, amid the weariness, there are glimmers of hope, reasons for optimism, and victories worth celebrating. Sometimes it's only when we begin to feel hopeful again that we realize how exhausted we've been. Setting down a burden can reveal just how heavy it was.

What have we learned from all we've endured? What deserves to be honored, celebrated, or released? And what might become possible as we gather ourselves and turn toward the future?

The darkness we've traveled through need not define where we're going. Like…