"When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate. They call it zugunruhe. A pull of the soul to a far-off place. Following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then can they hope to survive the cruel season to come." ~Mohinder Suresh (HEROES. Chapter 5 "Hiros" Season #1.Eps.5)
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New Year, which is to some a new start of a period ahead - a new season, has brought about some changes, if not only one. "when a change come, some species feel the urge to migrate", says Dr. Suresh.
In one way or another, we, humans, migrate; move from one state of being onto another. We bring new resolutions to the surface, we plan new paths, we create new ways.. a new person.
"The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and gather together." Some with their friends, others with families. They unite, even for one moment, to answer to calling, being "pulled to a far-off place", to meditate on what they have done well and not.
Only then can we "hope to survive the cruel season to come".
Deep down we know, we always knew, that nothing is going to be easier. Deep down, we want things to be more challenging, more difficult; more "cruel".
That a new year actually is.
A head start to realize that nothing is going to be easier, that what to come is even cruel.
A moment to meditate on strategies to prevent ourselves from being extinct; of the fellowship that holds us together, of our friendship, of our families, or of anything that relates, that connects us to the world.
It has always been about survival; that is evolution all about.
Survive New Year everyone!
