Happy Solstice - WinterTide

I wish to share a very special song today for the Winter Solstice, called "Wintertide", written and performed by Alexander James Adams, from his album of the same name. A friend of mine created this incredible youtube of the song, and I rounded up most of the pictures for it, a number of which were photographs I have taken myself.
The song speaks, not just of tolerance or acceptance of our differences and our multitude of beliefs, but goes beyond to celebrate diversity with joy and love. I think its a very appropriate song for the Winter Solstice. We hold the light in our hands...never let it go out, and shelter each others light along the way!

Happy Winter Solstice! 

Winter Tide

By Alexander James Adams

 The bitter bite of the winter cold

Brings memories of days of old

Wandering from the shadows long

We sing ourselves a winter song

Now we’re too diverse

We’re too advanced

There’s no song left that we’ve not danced

Yet there remains one thing to learn

To perfect love we must return

Rejoice, rejoice standing hand in hand

Raise one voice all across the land

While the snow white stag with the silver tines

Will dance in a circle of six and nines

Forward back, side to side,

All celebration of the Wintertide

I don’t know you, you don’t know me

But we are kin in humanity

We can laugh, we all can cry

We strive to live, yet still we die

Let’s all seek shelter from the storm

With different faiths to keep us warm

Side by side around the fire

Trust and love are what gods require

            (Repeat refrain)

We need to keep the dark at bay

We need to watch the words we say

Comparisons keep us at odds

There’s room inside for all our Gods

Embrace the things that we all share

‘Cause then we find compassion there

To those who thirst you offer drink

It’s not as hard as you might think

So ring the bells and sound the horn

And celebrate our love reborn

Back to back or eye to eye

We stand as one against the sky

Different and yet still the same

Acceptance lies beyond the name

You live and breathe, the same as me

Respect of this brings unity

Rejoice, rejoice standing hand in hand

Raise one voice all across the land

While the snow white stag with the silver tines

Will dance in a circle of six and nines

Forward back, side to side,

All celebration of the Wintertide

(Repeat Refrain)