“For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it. “

~Amanda Gorman

As the days grow shorter and we enter the cold, dark winter months, it is a time to remember the light we each carry within us, a light that can be kindled through our kindness, good deeds, and shared community. One of the ways Waldorf schools throughout the world remember and cultivate this inner light is through our festivals and celebrations of what it means to be human, to find the courage to overcome our own shadows and those in the world, and to find reverence for the simple encounters we experience day to day in our community. At Steiner, these celebrations of light begin with Michaelmas, a festival of strength and courage, in the autumn and transition through various Lantern Walks, Diwali, Día de los Muertos, Santa Lucia, and culminate with the festival of the Spiral of Light.  

Love is higher than opinion.

If people love one another the most varied opinions can be reconciled –

thus one of the most important tasks for humankind today and in the future

is that we should learn to live together and understand one another.

If this human fellowship is not achieved, all talk of development is empty.

~ Rudolf Steiner