Warmth in Winter

White, white the stillness

Of starlight on the snow

Green, green the flowering life

that waits again to grow

Red, red the tender heart

That guides the way we go

Under the starlight

And over the snow

~BS Hutton

I’ve been singing this lullaby to my little first grader. We sing in the dark. As I sing, I think about the work I do with my clients. And my own inner work.

In winter we can be especially overwhelmed with the darkness, cold, ice, incessant rain, chilling wind, mud. We can feel ourselves curled up, waiting, witnessing only ugliness, hopelessness, harm, fear.

In my practice though, both my own, and with my clients, we recall the kernel of Divine life longing to burst forth. The Divine heart, already within each of us. It is this heart that guides us to awaken to our true path.

In our work together, we begin to form new beliefs and anchor them in our bodies and in our hearts and heads. To shed what is in our way and to form new pictures. New habits.

We begin to notice the starlight in the darkness, and the way the snow sparkles in the starlight, reminding us to be awake and to listen. And feel certain of our path.