CHANGING WEATHER

     When weather changes quickly from cold to hot or hot to cold, we need to honor our bodies and be respectful of the very real shock it is to our systems. As we don shorts and flip-flops, our skin and feet are sensitive and vulnerable. Our temperature regulators are thrown into confusion, and energy that was required to stay warm is suddenly required to stay cool- or vice versa. We are prone to headaches, allergies, and odd symptoms of all kinds; at least partly because we push on with our established routines expecting them all to feel about the same, but they do not.
     We need to change with the weather. We need to listen carefully to the whisperings of our adapting bodies and spirits and pay attention to our new requirements and inclinations. In the same way that we slow down to negotiate sharp curves in the road, we need to slow down to negotiate the curving seasons. We need to attend more carefully than ever to our acceleration and deceleration. We need to keep both hands on the wheel.

I pay attention to the way the change in weather throws my body and spirit into confusion, and I allow for the transformation process to patiently occur. I don't force and push and rush and prod.