Re: Good Morning

Gosh, thank you Sanity.
Love All Ways,
Dia

Sanity wrote:
> Dia wrote:
> > Hello everyone, I have an analogy to share.
> > See if you can figure out what it is an analogy for.
> > It is a beautiful, frosty, very cold winter day here in the sierra
> > foothills.
> > My little wood stove does not hold enough wood to burn all night...
> > It is cold in this house when I wake up.
> > Oh, and it turns out that it condensates in several places...
> > I need to take a towel to window sills and walls.
> > I has rained for weeks but now it is about to snow.
> > Life is ok.
> > It's cold though.
> > I have to start a fire first thing - it is something one must learn to
> > do, fire requires certain things to get going. I can't just
> > haphazardly toss a bunch of wood into the stove, throw in a match and
> > have fire. I have to understand what fire needs from me, so I can get
> > what I need from fire. If I do not approach firemaking with
> > thoughtfulness and respect, fire will not come to me nor will it stay
> > with me. I need fire, I need warmth, so I learned to work with fire,
> > and I am very good at it now. We have a mutually beneficial
> > relationship.
> > Cold is one of those things I don't mind much, as long as I have a way
> > to get warm. 'Course, this way of getting warm takes a while. I start
> > by putting on more warmies, socks, sweater, sometimes a coat as
> > well...and I wait about 2 hours for the little fire to warm things up
> > enough to take off the coat. I wonder if there is a better way? (no
> > central heat here)
> > Buying a bigger stove would be one better way I guess.
> > Brrr...
> > I hope everyone else is staying warm out there.
> > I am grateful I have a house and a stove and wood to burn.
> > But even though those things do not promise me warmth without my own
> > work to keep warm.
> > I could become disillusioned about the whole idea of getting a house of
> > my own and being self sufficient and making a place for myself that
> > fits into long held dreams, it is so much work to be warm these
> > days...not like the long laughing, pleasant days of summer, when
> > everything was easy. It isn't like it was when I came here at first.
> > Back then, there was plenty, now there is much less.
> > It is winter, the season of scarcity.
> > I would be foolish to curse the seasons, for they cycle on, whether I
> > respect their purpose or lament their natures. Whether I understand or
> > despise, the seasons each have their unique ways to which I must adapt
> > or suffer the consequences.
> > Cold? Build a fire. Wood wet...dry it by the fire...dry lots, prepare
> > for later. Wear a coat in the house.
> > Icy roads, be ready to stay home for a while. Do lots of provisioning,
> > have a well stocked larder. Too bad the berry season was so poor this
> > year...we could not put up any jam this year. Still have lots of
> > tomatoes and salsa canned up from the summer garden. If the power goes
> > out, we can keep refridgerated items outside...
> > There is a way to be here, in this now cold and isolated place, and
> > keep my optimism about the future. I sure don't blame anyone else for
> > what the weather is like. I sure do not want to spend my winter days
> > unhappy because it is winter, though it brings harsh conditions with
> > it. I am cold, but I am relatively content.
> > I brought that nature with me into the cold. Relative contentment.
> > It is my perspective, how I look at it all, that makes the difference
> > between misery and peace of mind.
> > And even though I am cold, here in this house, I know it is me who
> > warms the house, not the house that warms me.
> >
> > Blessings,
> >
> > Dia
>
> Reading that was a blessing.
>
> Thank you,
> Sanity

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