Yes, a Handwritten Note
To celebrate Solstice it is typical to build a fire and toss in herbs to help with visioning. A bit of lavender helps to understand messages, mugwort enhances inner vision and clove helps one feel safe and steady. The herbs allow the senses to take over, the aroma of the herbs, and the warmth of the fire and the coolness of the earth on your feet. The body sways with the movement of the flames and the music of the surroundings. The mind frees itself opening to seeing what the future will bring. This ceremony lasts all day into the evening; the flames turn to smoldering coals then quenched with water to end the celebration.
Whether you incorporate this tradition into your business will depend on your business mission and value, but the point isn't whether you dance to the fire it's that you start celebrating this day in your business.
Each year one of the ways, I celebrate Solstice with my customers, stakeholders, network and friends by sending them a handwritten note. Yes, a handwritten note. My handwritten postal cards are sent out with good wishes on Solstice and the days after . I believe taking the time to personally writing each note is important in this day of electronic communications that get lost and forgotten about as quickly as hitting the send button.
The cards connect with people at different stratums, some are kept and displayed, others prompt a phone call to me and many find kindness returned to me in words of thanks and gratitude.
What will you do to bring Solstice into your business?
Image by Cheryl A. Smith
An extraordinary, creative and heartfelt idea! In this sometimes callous technological communicative world it's great to know people like you still exist. I brought this concept to our team meeting this morning and we brainstormed some ways we could celebrate Solstice and our customers. We can hardly wait for next year. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
