Winter causes isolation. Our fantasies include everyone with a warm mug huddling near a fireplace but reality is more like dreary days spent by oneself in front of a television or computer screen.
Sociologists are keen to warn us about the detriments of being alone. How Isolation Can Kill You Many would argue that our move to social media rather than person to person contact has contributed to it and yet, historians also chime in with how isolation wasn't always considered so foul. How would the populace of the world have expanded if humankind wasn't wired to branch out alone and conquer new kingdoms?
It seems then that each generation faces the dilemma of how to be alone but not be lonely, how to be sociable yet not annoying, and how to withstand outward pressures that catapult us into unwanted isolation.
Cabin fever during cold winters isn't a myth. Lethargy with summer heat is real. Prolonged wet weather spawns depression. Could all this mean that autumn is the perfect season with its crisp days and bright sunshine? Maybe for some....
I'm yearning for springlike days and hot summer heat and feel selfish about it! My Florida winter is nirvana for many enduring cold and snowy days. But it's still my winter and has settled unwanted....
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