Sublime

I’m so cold. I need to be beside you, I need your warmth, I need your loveliness. I’m dressed for winter. I have big boots on in bed, but I’m freezing to death.

Develop an adamant attitude toward the body. “The ideas of heat and cold, of pleasure and pain, are produced by the contacts of the senses with their objects. Such ideas are limited by a beginning and an end. They are transitory; bear them with patience.”2 Why be so sensitive about a little cold or a little pain?

If you never feel cold, thanks to indoor heating, then the thought of being caught outdoors in the snow can be terrifying.

callous

If the thought of being even remotely chilly makes you reach for the nearest blanket, take comfort: the more we expose ourselves to cooler temperatures, the more health benefits we stand to gain. And these benefits increase even as we mentally adapt to the cooler temperatures.