Week Thirty-Seven: Winter’s Opportunity: Perceiving Hidden Possibilities

Walking across Central Park this morning, I noticed how much more of the park comes into view during the winter, when the leaves are off the trees. Looking up, near the beginning of my walk, I now see the back of a statue of a long-ago Polish king, riding a horse, his arms raised to the air. Throughout the park, I see things that remain hidden during the lush summer months when leaves fill the branches of the many trees I pass along the way. As I looked at the statue through the branches of bare trees, my mind drifted to the gifts winter offers. Cooler, shorter days invite quiet time of inward seeing, where things hidden in the activities of summer may come into view.

And so, this week’s experiment invites you to take some time to reflect on aspects of you and your life that you may overlook during the warmer, brighter months. In the quiet of a snowy day, perhaps an internal quiet may reveal a state of mind that surprises you with the comfort it offers. Or, you may find an old feeling that’s been waiting for you to give it some time and attention in order to resolve it, understand it, work it through in a new way. You may even find yourself drawn to a creative pursuit that you overlook in the more active outdoor times of spring, summer, and fall.

There’s no ‘right’ thing to discover in this experiment. Instead, there’s just the invitation to explore what this quieter season offers by way of reflection and inward-turning.

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