The big thing I learned when I moved North from Midwest was to take whatever the season was and work with it. I have always disliked ice and snow, grey and chilling atmospheres, yet I moved right into it for part of each year.
I escape whenever possible from the cold winters of life but sometimes it is necessary to encounter the uncomfortable weather and stay warm. Up is down on this earth. The Equator is the line of demarcation. Far from the center the atmosphere may be clear and crisp but it becomes cold and icy.
We are adaptable but seem to each have areas where we feel better or worse as we travel the years and experiences of our lives. If you think this is the one and only life, or that we are dependent on the success of this particular evolution, it becomes intensely important to find what matters and what feels good and what brings fulfillment. Living without self fulfillment is a cold and hostile reality.
NOW is a complicated world we are negotiating. Others affect us in ways we aren't even aware of. Our modern culture has us in such thrall of comfort and self expression that we are out to enjoy life rather than struggle. Good! Turn the tables on traditional acceptance of the need to suffer to gain merit in the other worlds of being. Create your own design. Go where it feels fine. Live the new paradigm of conscious evolution. See the underlying beauty in even the things you dislike, they may teach you to be strong and invulnerable to the cold winds. Dance in the rain, roll in the snow. Find a way to be where you wish to be and thrive.
