Can you feel the lengthening of the days?

Today is January 10th, and we are well past the solstice. This means that the days have become longer, and if we hold onto that, the rest of the winter should be a bit easier to bear.

If you are at my lattitude (that of Boston, Massachusetts) this means that today the sun arose at 7:11 AM and will set at 4:29 PM. Yes, that still seems impossibly early for sunset, but remember, tomorrow it will set incrementally later. And the next day. And the next.

Reflect on this while sitting in a brightly-lit room, or in front of your light box. Imagine the warmth of a summer day. Visualize yourself on the beach, eyes closed, face upturned to the warm sun, still high in the sky in late afternoon. a momentary darkness falls across your closed eyelids. It is a little sun-cloud. As the warm breeze pushes the cloud away and light floods over your face again, you can imagine that cloud getting smaller and smaller as it moves off into the distance, finally dissappearing beyond the horizon.

That little cloud is not just a symbol of winter, but of your winter blues as well. Embrace the "light in your mind" while you replenish your energy with your chosen light therapy device or system.

Now, have some chocolate and remember you can always go to this special, private beach in your mind.

Peace and wellness,

Kevin Kennedy-Spaien