Metal: Shine on you crazy diamond
Shine on you crazy diamond!
Allow your inner light to shine through as we move into days of diminishing daylight. Our moods may change with less light.
Diamonds form from elemental carbon between 237,000 – 1.3 million times atmospheric pressure deep within the earth. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe according to mass. This makes carbon rather ‘ordinary’. However the brilliance of the diamond is acquired from intense pressure to ordinary carbon. Like carbon, our extraordinary-ness is derived from our ordinary-ness plus stress. The practice of being present moment to moment helps us appreciate the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Less direct ultra violet light during November-February inhibits our inherent vitamin D conversion. To better understand this seasonal stress, This science article explores what qualifies as deficient in vitamin D and what effects a deficiency can have on you. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19460619/
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