Waltham Forest WIN Lights Candles of Hope for the New Year
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Our Waltham Forest WIN group gathered on January 7th 2025 to reflect, pray and light candles of hope together for the New Year. Members shared home-cooked food, personal stories and reflections on what it means to cultivate points of light in a world darkened by conflict and division. One attendee described the event as a “warm, reflective coming together, with lights internal and external” and a “common seam” of kindness and friendship.
Some more reflections from our members:
As 2025 rises from the ashes of 2024 ushering in the promise of a new beginning I find myself turning to Rumi for inspiration: ‘Wherever there is a ruin, there is the hope of finding a treasure….never lose home my heart for miracles lie in the invisible.
Along with prayers, there is a role for us to not turn our heads away and, at the very least, to speak up when we know of injustice.
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