Good morning,
Is it very cold where you are?
Here it’s so cold that going to work requires three layers on my head to make sure my ears don’t freeze. It’s silly, but I still prefer to go by bike than by car.
Our home gym is freezing, but I managed to do all my workouts this week and I’m very proud of myself. I would prefer to get under a blanket and not leave the house till the temperatures will get more bearable, but life t=doesn’t work this way, does it? Working from home would be my preferable state of being, but till now, I put a lot of layers and do the things that need to be done. Not without telling everyone how cold it is, of course.
I’m trying not to wish the winter away and appreciate it for what it signifies. The time of rest, of hibernating, of preparing for the rest of the year. I like the seasonality of nature, I like to watch the world around me go through all the changes every year.
Maybe we’re too used to being comfortable no matter what nature does. When it’s hot, there’s air-con, when it’s cold we put the heating a little bit higher. Maybe the hiding from natural world and the experience of what it does made us disconnected from it to the point we don’t understand it anymore?
Yes, it IS very cold where I am in East England! Layers, blankets, hot water bottle, you name it! Wearing a hat and scarf to go to the toilet, such fun. But yes also privileged to have roof over our head.
Keep warm...
It's cold out, but we can warm the heart through intentions