Light a Lamp

Light a Lamp

It is more intelligent to light a very small lamp, than to complain about the darkness.*

Laozi

The dark period of the year has definitely begun. It’s already dark when we get up in the morning, and soon it will be dark when we come home from work. It’s a difficult period to get through, and small or big depressions make their way among many of us. 

This is the season to take extra good care of yourself and those around you. Don’t complain about the darkness, try to light it up instead! Cosiness is key. Dress warm (it’s more important to feel good than to be elegant), drink your favourite tea, prepare hot soups for dinner and light lots of candles! 

Now is the time to retire from the hectic life, and cuddle up on te coach with a good book, a hot chocolate or a nice movie. Now is the time to get lots of sleep and rub in your skin (quickly drying in heated rooms) with a fragrant cream - valid also for the gentlemen among you! :-)

Light the lamp of cosiness and care, and get happily through autumn and winter! 

*Il est plus intelligent d’allumer une toute petite lampe, que de te plaindre de l’obscurité. 

Lao Tzu