Here we go into the winter seaon.  Here we go into a time of rebirth and renewal.  New year, new president, renewed hope.  What is new, or what could be new, inside of each of us to make the renewed hope more likely to manifest?  I hear people jumping to the future 'what if's' and I see that this is the time and the season for looking inside ourselves with the great 'What If?'  This season calls us into a hibernation of sorts.  Shorter days, colder weather, less outdoor activity.  This is a season that is ideal for cuddling up with our own selves and gearing up internally to burst into newness as the Season of Light approaches.  It seems in our culture that this is the least likely time of year to take some time for oneself to review the year and emerge renewed from the internal hibernation.  Holidays, family gatherings, shopping and running ourselves ragged, we hardly have the chance to check in with our own hearts and minds about what is coming and what we need to do to prepare for it; to prepare for our own participation in it.  We will all need our strength and our wits about us if we are to come into the new year and the changing political climate with the focus on a collective vision for the possibilities of our country, our world and our species.  There is a force for good that lies at the center of every person.  This is the season for coming into relationship with that force and letting it grow in our consciousness so that it is built to a bursting intensity to support the new growth of the new year.