The Search For Enlightenment

The Winter has arrived early this year, even here in Dorset we are having snow flurries tonight.

Winter is Nature’s season of Death. Trees have lost their leaves and look bare and dead. The plants all around are transformed from their vibrant colours into drab browns. Animals such as hedgehogs, bats and even certain butterflies go into hibernation, about as close to death as they can come without dying.

But all this is necessary for the rebirth we will all witness when the warming rays of the Spring sunshine appear. It will come, as surely as day follows night, so enjoy the Winter colours, enjoy the snow when it falls, as with all things in the Universe, it is transient, impermanent, and will be gone before we know it.

Of course, snow can cause problems for people trying to travel, to work, to the shops, wherever. But when you are sitting in that traffic jam, stuck behind the snow plough that was sent to clear your way, just take time to look around you.

So many things in Nature are pure, beautiful and snow is one of the most wonderful gifts that Nature gives us. Don’t moan when you have to dig the car out in the morning, just enjoy the amazing transformation the snow brings and remember it will be gone as quickly as it appeared.