With December 21 marking the winter solstice, things are due to get a little brighter -- quite literally.
This is the fourth in a four-part series on the wisdom of the seasons. The others are spring, summer and fall.That's where the wisdom of winter resides: below the surface. It is there in the warm lair where we hibernate and lay low until it's safe to come out.But in that dark space where our body, minds and soul retreat this time of year, a light still burns bright. Winter is as much about going deep, as it is about finding our way back out the other side.
In February we pause and consider the weather prognostication of a groundhog who emerges from hibernation to predict when winter will end. And we pump the bellows on the flames of love on Valentine's Day.Before Catholics start 40 days of refusing themselves indulgences during Lent, the festivals of Carnival and Mardi Gras light it up in late February or early March."Give me chastity and self-restraint," St. Augustine wrote,"but do not give it yet." St.
In the spring, break out of the cocoon as life returns in earnest. In summer, get outside, be free and chase happiness like a puppy after its own tail. In the fall, enjoy the riot for the senses and welcome an inward focus as the days get chillier. And in the winter, go deep inside yourself and get snug and comfortable there if you're able. This is a dark time -- and this winter seems particularly bleak and deadly -- but there is always a light of hope.
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