so instead of going into hibernation mode (read: an unconscious seasonal stupor) this winter, i'm going to try to stay present and really appreciate the gifts of this much-maligned time of year.
up until tuesday, this has pretty much been a breeze. the weather has been unusually sunny and almost warm. i went barefoot outside on new year's eve. my neighbors are still peddling bikes around our little downtown. i've worn a coat three times.
i want to indulge in winter's traditional sensory pleasures: fires, hot soups, wooly socks, writing love notes on windows with my finger, snowball fights. i want to get outside and see it and touch it and smell it.
i want to take full advantage of the spiritual jobs of winter: resting, reflecting, observing, planning, healing.
i want to embrace the winterness of it all.
4 comments:
I tried to like winter. This year it will at least feel shorter, what with so little snow...
oh kathy, i so get this. it was hard for me when i lived in rochester. more the grey days than the snow. hang in there because you will be rewarded with that rochester spring!!!
i hesitate to express the joy of our mostly 70 degree week because i don't want to be jinxing a mild winter...but i would also like at least one blanket of snow morning(which I am totally content to find away from home...
The winter here in NJ has not been much of a winter. I am loving not having to bundle up as much but at the same time I was looking forward to those snowy days. Watching the snow fall. Putting on my snow pants and venturing out with my camera in hand. We had so much snow last year I was mentally preparing myself for it again this year. But I guess this is another lesson in rolling with what comes for me. Embracing the opportunity of still being able to feed the ducks and go for walks.
Sending you lots of love. xoxo
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