“Wintering”

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

–Aristotle

This feels like a season of going inward, a time for self-reflection and contemplation.

I am feeling this pull at a time when the social calendar is crowded, and the holiday cheer is palatable, and I am just not feeling it.

I am leaning into ‘wintering’, a time of rest, reflection, and retreat, like the natural dormancy seen in winter. I am creating more space for rest and stillness that feels like an oasis, deep in the desert.

Why now?

The coldest month?

The darkest evenings?

Escaping under the radar mentally from the holidays?

It is not a feeling of sadness or depression that has crept into an open window, but a feeling of collecting energies for an emergence with more clarity and grace.

Much like how some animals retreat to safer, warmer places during winter, I am choosing to stay still to recharge, reassess my goals, and check in with my heart space.

My self-critical brain goes into overtime doubting my curiosity, why do you have to figure it out? Just leave it alone”.

I can’t.

Today I was introduced to Human Design:

Human Design is the contract your soul makes with the Universe about who you came to be, what you came to do, and what karma you came to correct this lifetime around.

–Jenna Zoe

Thank you, @Andee Scarantino,

I completed the necessary information and was fascinated by the results.

No need to go into the details in my report here, it just affirms that we are all here on purpose with different road maps and ways of processing this big, beautiful, and messy life.

Am I “Wintering”? Or just resting?

Note: As I write this our daughter is about to give birth to her first child and our first grandson. I am trusting that I am holding all her energy.

Our lives are about to change – forever.

Feeling so grateful and blessed

What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.

–Buddha