For our inspiration, we'll continue reading from Go In and In: poems from the heart of yoga by Danna Faulds (2002). The first poem is perfect for the grey of winter - it invites a connection to ground and earth as well as our ground of being, even as it points us towards the returning light.
Remember This
Vast and changeless, the ground of being is not rocked by ripples on the pond.
The firmament from which we spring, the divinity at the heart of things
doesn't wax or wane with mind states, or wither in the wind.
We come from stronger stuff than feelings. Essence does not fail or fade,
diminish or trade reality for illusion.
We are wordless, wide and wise beyond time. Within us is a flame that never dies.
Let that be the focal point of life. Let that be the light that guides us from the shadows.