my breathing dream

i've been thinking a lot about winter in general lately and i've come to realize that instead of dreading it on a daily basis as i sometimes do i need to embrace it for all its dark, windy, icy and crispy cold wintry goodness. this time of year is just the right time for meditation, to take stock in what i have, where i am and who i am. winter is usually a time for a deep dark sadness to fall over me, and this year started out as no exception, but in the last 6 weeks or so i've come to realize that i have everything i need to be happy, regardless of what season it is. and besides, winter is the time of hibernation and rest.... a time to restore and renew for the rebirth of spring! so, that's what i've been doing -- restoring -- by way of reading, writing and just hanging out -- accepting winter for what it is and noticing every morning when i wake up the light is slowly shifting from the low, cold, hard, grey light of winter to the higher, warmer, brighter, golden light of spring - just writing about it makes me happy!