your relationship to winter is your relationship to cold is your relationship to darkness is your relationship to depth is your relationship to death is your relationship to spirituality
In the winter, we like to look out of the window and see snow, pure and white, making our experience of deadly cold air meaningful. If it must be cold, could we at least have snow? If I must shiver, might I at least look good in wool and argyle? If I must live in hell, I'll look for anything to convince me I'm alive. But in the winter, I'm not sure
... See moreThe Lorem Ipsum, by Daniel Herndon • Winter
‘We like to imagine that it's possible for life to be one eternal summer, and that we have uniquely failed to achieve that for ourselves, We dream of an equatorial habitat, forever close to the sun; an endless, unvarying high season. But life's not like that. Emotionally, we're prone to stifling summers and low, dark winters, to sudden drops in
... See more- In winter: Days get shorter, the air gets crisper, and something about that coziness can bring up deep emotions. It’s reflective, almost like the world is slowing down, and so are we.