The Warmth of Winter

As we face really cold weather and the daily, ineveitable glide toward deep winter I cannot help feeling a sense of warmth and excitement!! The warmth is certainly a metaphor and since I was raised Jewish, the excitement does not come from a lifetime of anticipated visits from Santa.  How I would describe it is as a profound sense of belonging in the world around me, without a need to change anything..............acceptance comes to mind.  This is definitely my favorite time of year.  It is replete with the promise of light and life even as we surrender to the silencing cold and snow.   I have to intuit this bounty as it lay dormant.

 I am compelled to listen for it in a way that is not as obvious as the rush of spring or the wealth of an autumn harvest.  So, the best way I know how is when I step out of my car after I return home at night and I look up into the clear winter sky at the spray of stars (and airplane lights) I feel the starkness of the cold and realize that the warmth is eminating from me,  I am the source,  I am where it begins and ends.  Sometimes I remain standing there........in a very warm coat.........satisfied in knowing that I have everything I need with me.  It feels really great!

 Enshrinehealth Dynamics Tip
This light and warmth are symbolic of this time of year at Solstice when the sun returns making our days longer and brighter. It is a time of beginnings, the promise of life and of course the New Years resolution.  If any resolution is to be made, make the one that allows you to be kinder to yourself.  Seriously, it all begins and ends with you.  If you can see yourselves as having plenty and being the bountiful source then this generosity, this kindness will move from you through to the lives of those who you touch.  Make resolutions that are permissive not punishing............