Cassandra Yost
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“We suffer from living in a culture that is out of sync with yearly rhythms of light and dark. We turn our ire toward winter, blaming the season for making us feel this way, rather than pointing fingers at a civilization organized with no regard for the changing light, a jobs without flexibility, at norms that mean we’re raising children without the support needed to make it less relentless.”
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
“Don’t borrow tomorrow’s trouble.”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
“There were little better feelings than when you finally feel the sun's rays melt against your face after a numbing winter.”
― Across the Great Ocean: Desolation
― Across the Great Ocean: Desolation
“It’s my favorite time of year, this in between of fall and winter. It’s feels like the whole world is holding its breath. Stillness and sweetness, all rolled into one.”
― Lovelight Farms
― Lovelight Farms
“Harnessing winter's energy, I drift,
my free, wild woman's soul,
alight with day's deep desires.”
― Wild Soul: Contemporary Classical Winter Poetry
my free, wild woman's soul,
alight with day's deep desires.”
― Wild Soul: Contemporary Classical Winter Poetry
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