Kanro - Cold Dew: Cold dews drops on wild grasses

October - the time of KANRO, which means cold dew: according to the Japanese, it is the time when wild geese return, chrysanthemums bloom and crickets chirp around the door. Ie, it is the time of approaching transition to winter and it is getting colder outside. Like with the geese returning in Japan, we turn the focus to inwards: both physically time spent more at home and in-house, and spiritually focusing on reflecting, reading and observing. Candles are lit and late harvest from pumpkins and roots are gathered and put to soups to boil.

Despite the covid, the October has been full of activity: at work, seems everybody has awaken that this is the time to finalise projects before the year end arrives; at leisure time, we have all been out to admire the leaves turning to different colours and enjoying the last bits of this years summer time. The smell of October is still about the leaves on the ground and humidity in the air.

Last Wednesday I had decided to change scenery for a day: a beautiful hotel nearby is now offering day office packages, followed by a visit to their gorgeous roof-top spa and sauna. It was only 500m away but changing atmosphere was a total bliss. How can the same online virtual meetings feel different if you see a different view from the window? Is it that the surroundings we have participate to our mind and hence via our minds, to our work? I believe so and therefore, be it Kanro or not, keep nourishing the mind...