Monday, January 26, 2004
Winter Wonderland
We just had an ice storm here in Carbondale, leaving much of the region coated in a sheet of clear ice. Luckily, the blacktop stayed warm enough to prevent too much driving difficulty in the city. But the freezing rain transformed the entire region into a beautiful ice sculpture.
I can't help but notice that my ability to resist the cold continues to improve. It's not perfect -- when I'm feeling very drained emotionally and physically, I still get almost as cold as I used to. But when I'm feeling good, I want to play outside in the cold like a kid again! Today I spent a good deal of time walking around in the fog that accompanied the melting ice. I often pulled my hood down so that I could enjoy the rush of the cool air on my face and through my hair. And my feet are halfway to becoming Hobbit feet! Even in sandals and a single pair of socks, I felt more than warm enough in the near-freezing weather. A year or two ago, finding such joy in a frozen landscape would have been unthinkable. But this winter, enjoyment of the weather has been the norm -- and today was no exception. I even played around in it a bit, stomping on ice chunks and pulling sheets of clear ice from nearby objects just to toss them as far as I could across the grass. It feels so good just to let loose and be myself again!
I still have my tough spots in life -- slow cash flow, slow progress in my journey toward physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health -- but on the whole, I feel like life is a gift again. So what if I'm surrounded by an empire of death consciousness... the Earth itself is still a wonder to behold even in the midst of it all, and I can feel the life slowly but surely reawakening in me.
We'll have our Spring soon enough... in the meantime, I might as well enjoy the chill of Winter.
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I can't help but notice that my ability to resist the cold continues to improve. It's not perfect -- when I'm feeling very drained emotionally and physically, I still get almost as cold as I used to. But when I'm feeling good, I want to play outside in the cold like a kid again! Today I spent a good deal of time walking around in the fog that accompanied the melting ice. I often pulled my hood down so that I could enjoy the rush of the cool air on my face and through my hair. And my feet are halfway to becoming Hobbit feet! Even in sandals and a single pair of socks, I felt more than warm enough in the near-freezing weather. A year or two ago, finding such joy in a frozen landscape would have been unthinkable. But this winter, enjoyment of the weather has been the norm -- and today was no exception. I even played around in it a bit, stomping on ice chunks and pulling sheets of clear ice from nearby objects just to toss them as far as I could across the grass. It feels so good just to let loose and be myself again!
I still have my tough spots in life -- slow cash flow, slow progress in my journey toward physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health -- but on the whole, I feel like life is a gift again. So what if I'm surrounded by an empire of death consciousness... the Earth itself is still a wonder to behold even in the midst of it all, and I can feel the life slowly but surely reawakening in me.
We'll have our Spring soon enough... in the meantime, I might as well enjoy the chill of Winter.
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