MEDITATION ON...

Our conditions are totally different. We spend most of our lives in enclosed spaces with artificial lighting. What’s more, Europe’s climate with frequent rainfalls, lack of sun, snowless winters, and autumn and winter periods with shorter days, make us reluctant to leave the house and take advantage of the sun’s benefits.
The autumn and spring equinoxes can be an especially tough time. While in Africa, where the Sun shines all the time, and grants us more than the needed dose, you may not feel the difference. Here, however, is different. We may not ponder over it, but all the processes that appear in nature — everything returns to live, the plants begin to bud, release pollen, and so on — have great influence on us. The weather is not stable. One day is warm, the next is cold. These rapid changes strike our body. Moreover we don’t eat enough of healthy and fresh fruits, we eat more fat to gain more energy what causes our body to be more vulnerable and prone to infections. This is the time when many of us go through a purification process, commonly known as a cold.
This period is extremely hard for people who struggle with mood swings or depression. This is exactly why we often feel moody and irritated. We are easily thrown off-balance and have plenty of negative thoughts, I-don’t-want-to-live-anymore thoughts included. More conflicts and frequent arguments are clearly being noticed.