Looking into the dark
It feels like I’m not doing very well at the moment. Tiredness has overtaken me. It is the dark time of the year and I do not have enough time to rest. So the tiredness creeps into the weaker parts of my body, causing pain. It creeps into my mind, closing me off from the spirits that bless me.
When the last leaves fall, when the slanted light of late autumn catches the yellowing leaves of the Oak and turns his crown to gold, it is time for us to follow the call of our bodies for rest, for more sleep, for time to look at our dreams and the life that lies beneath the everyday.
Failing to do so, turning on artificial lights and keeping on going, regardless of the length of the Sun’s day, makes us tired, grumpy, sometimes even ill. But what can you do if you are paid to teach evening classes until 9pm, five hours after the Sun has set?