Is Your Spirit Alive?

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

 The cold has come raging in at mock speeds, creating ice-laden grounds and a crispy chill in the air. My initial wimpiness toward winter is now gone. It's over. As a true Canuck I have overcome my coldness and accepted that the next four to five months will be cold. Quite honestly, this happens ever year. I wimp out and then buck up. Every year there's some new, or old, weather system with some dramatic name and each year it makes me laugh a bit.
Today it's the Hudson's Vortex that's to blame for all the crazy storms we've been getting lately.

The prediction is that this year will be the coldest winter, all across Canada, in 15 years. Better a real winter then one of those muddy, greeny-white ones. We're blessed by the cold (though that's quite hard to accept!)as every year it kills off all the terrible nasties that turn into diseases that live in hot climates and kill people on a regular basis. So, essentially, cold is good!

Life has been pretty nuts. Fast-paced changes are making my head spin a little bit. My philosophy is, you gotta roll with it. Denying change is like denying life b/c life is all about change, isn't it? Change has been all around, in all facets and though it can make things confusing, I like it. It spices up the ordinary and clears the way for extraordinary things. I suppose in some ways I've always been a dreamer yet at the same time, you must believe dreams do come true, because they do. So, dream big and you never know what'll happen. Sounds corny, but it's so true.

Change reminds me of traveling. I know, traveling is change in one of its greatest forms, but any type of change has at least one of the same affects as travel does. When things change, you gain a new outlook, you see things in a different way then  normally do. Sure, I suppose that's not rocket science at all, but it's the truth. The simple truth and it's the simple truths that most people find the hardest to acknowledge. It's a break away from the mundane and tired, and in my mind, any break away from the ordinary is a step forward to a little bit of a newer you. A slightly different version of you. We're always growing and bettering our old versions.

Here I am babbling, but that's what I do best, often thinking and writing at the same time instead of thinking of what I might write about and then write about it. That's just me. As I gear up for winter I sink into a very contemplative state and take up those indoor activities that really make me think. Reading, writing, films, backgammon, long talks by the fireplace (if only I had one!) holidays that brings families closer. Maybe it sounds cheesy, but in the winter, as many things die off, I find my spirit renewed and alive with a new kind of energy. A different kind of energy than any other time of year.
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