winter

  
 
   
    stone cold reminders; keep warm, with heat or by the fire; "multiple layers" are required; underneath it all; one may be more or less tired....  
   
   
    to appreciate each meal; having the capacity to feel the dark and light of what others may reveal;  
   
      
    winter: known to express the opposite of life; though in life can express/make one deeply beautiful on the inside like the caterpillars' butterfly;  
   
   
    winter: the cold really sucks; can break one further down, or build one up; either way, it's much too tough;    
   
   
    challenging the ego for better or worse; it helps refine or further hurt; it takes the mind to another place; from dreading numb and pain to instead embrace (like convincing self one may deserve or suppose to feel this way)