Midwinter

At midwinter, the most obvious sign that Spring is approaching is in the increasing available daylight.  Now changing by about two minutes every day, today there are fifty-five more minutes of daylight than the shortest day of the year, Winter Solstice.

Translating the remnants of the previous agrarian-based lifestyle in New England, we see preparations for Spring which are not dissimilar from those of our forebears.  Gardeners, envisioning the upcoming planting season, are studying their seed catalogs.  Builders are getting ready for outdoor projects, having been working indoors — protected from both weather and chill — during the coldest months of Nature’s year.

This translating can also be seen as metaphor: Whatever one’s purposeful activity is — or when simply relaxing, being — we humans are inherently connected with Mother Nature’s world, within the cycle of the seasons.

To acknowledge this connection is to attune to, and be nourished by, Nature’s rhythms.  In this way, there is available the energy of harmony with Earth.  This harmony serves well-being.

Midwinter is also a time of calling forth that which we choose to create as we daily take our steps into Spring, and the warmer seasons.  Especially, when “beneficial” is an intention, our attention is energized as daylight increases.

Midwinter, then, is a pivotal time within Mother Nature’s year and we celebrate — once again — our Harmony with Earth.

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