There is little reason for surprise, virtually none truly. That it will be cold when the days get short in December - how can we not know that? Yet it comes as a shock for me, espcially this year. Making the transition into this chill season is always a slow, passage, and this year it has the attributes of an awakening.
Is it like this each year, remembering how to prepare for what the season holds? Perhaps it is. Yet this year, I take comfort in noticing the transition (the season's? mine?) with greater focus on nuance. Paying attention, I can see the time and the place where where the shift is made manifest. It is delicate, with each side reflecting some of the qualities of the other, the transition still in progress. And it is my chance to learn something about both - what they share even in the presence of their differences.
Could this be my practice for this time, paying attention to what distinguishes a moment, a thought, a feeling from another? Sitting, breathing, following the quality of the light into a deeper connection to the shift. Let's see.
Blessings,
Marco
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