Midnight Sun (Inspirational Article)

Weather of Arabia - Each of us may live a different life in this big world, we love things and hate other things, some of us may rejoice at the rising of the sun in the morning, and some of us may dwell in their souls with the sunset and the spread of darkness, and despite these differences, we are all similar in our human characteristics, We need light as much as we need darkness, we love warmth despite our need for cold often many times, so how can a person adapt to the changes of nature, and how can we find some comfort in it to relieve us of its cruelty!

Yona lives in the north of Sweden, where this part of Sweden receives a lot of sunlight, continuous days in which the sun rises without getting dark, and the residents of the region spend many days under the darkness without the sun rising, during the summer in the far north of Sweden the sun does not set Never between the end of May and the middle of July, so that the residents of the region see the sun 24 hours a day, which is called the midnight sun. In winter, the opposite happens, as the sun stays hidden under the horizon for several weeks, so that the population lives without sunlight for about a month, and this is called the polar night.

A great variation in the amount of light that the region receives between summer and winter, and this discrepancy is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis as it rotates around the sun, and this contrast increases as we approach the north pole of the earth, except that Yona lives in the middle of northern Sweden, where the sun rises in the darkest times The year rises slightly on the horizon at noon, to appear shyly among the trees for about an hour, if the sky is clear, but in cloudy winter days, residents may not see any ray of the sun for more than a month.

Yona describes how she felt when she felt the sun on her face in the beginning of January, for the first time in more than a month, an overwhelming feeling that she had when she saw the sunlight again in January, a feeling like seeing the sun for the first time in life, and although it seems difficult in Sometimes she lives in different conditions of sunlight, except that Yona describes her love and reconciliation with those circumstances and her unwillingness to change them, as she sees in the glimpse of the sun that appears after an absence of indescribable beauty.

Usually Yona tries to change the rhythm of her day during the summer, so that she stays awake all night and then sleeps at noon instead, she sees a different beauty of sunlight in the middle of the night, and considers this a way out for her and an ideal time to practice her hobby of photography, it is like a dream, that She goes out and takes pictures of the beauty of the bright June nights .

And in winter, even if she doesn't get much sunlight, she gets at least a few hours of magical dawn light during the day, this light which Yona considers the most beautiful light she can see in the day, and when the sky is clear and the sun shines slightly over the peaks The trees, spreading soft pink light into nature, are an indescribable sight.

And when darkness falls, and the days become nights that never end, except that the darkness shows some things that were not visible in the light, thousands of distant stars twinkle in the sky, and with the absence of light pollution in the area where Yona lives, the night sky becomes a breathtaking painting, and this One of the reasons Yuna loves winter in her area.

The sun may send a nice greeting in the dark from time to time, as charged particles come out from the surface of the sun in the so-called solar storms, when they reach the Earth, they collide with our magnetic field and create the Northern Lights that dance in the sky, and Yona remembers how much she loves to stand under the northern lights in the night Cold and dark winters, she is ready to endure dark nights As long as she sees the stars and northern lights, then it might be worth the effort.

Despite the presence of all this beauty in northern Sweden, but it is not always easy for Yona to live and adapt to all these conditions, the summer may be easy, although it is sometimes difficult to sleep in the presence of the sun all night, but the problem can be solved with some thick and dark curtains.

But winter and darkness are definitely a much bigger challenge. During the absence of the sun in the darker and cooler months between November and March, Yona finds it difficult at times to conserve her energy, and it may be difficult to wake up in the morning when it is dark outside, as the human body naturally wants to wake up with the emergence of The sun, times are often confused because the darkness makes it seem late, and the lack of daylight affects Yona's work as a filmmaker, as she only has an hour of good lighting for filming during the day, compared to the summer when the lighting dies off 24 An hour, so the darkness mixed with cold makes things a little more difficult.

But Yona says there are many things that can be done to make winter a little easier, one of the things that Yona uses to help her adapt better to a lack of sunlight, low energy and feeling tired, is to try not to sleep too much, and to try her best to maintain Her activity is by constantly moving as much as possible, getting as much daylight as possible, she goes for long walks every day, and if the weather is good, Yona loves to go out into the woods with her camera, or go skiing .

Yona also loves to take an ice bath, submerging herself in very cold water, with doing breathing exercises, so this has become her favorite way to enhance and replenish her energy, as plunging into the freezing water is actually the last thing a person might want to do at that moment, so Yona is considered Putting herself in this kind of challenge is awakening to something inside her that helps her reset the body. Swimming and bathing in cold water have many good health benefits, but it does not suit everyone, it is important to get good knowledge before trying an ice bath if you have not already. Before, but for Leona it was a wonderful source of energy and joy during the winter .

Yona feels a big difference in her energy levels in the winter when she moves in some way, even a little movement every day makes her feel that she is still alive, and when Yuna cannot get enough energy from the sun, she is interested in getting enough energy and nutrition from Food, as nature provides a lot of food in summer, so that it can harvest fruits and save them for the winter when they need them most. In the north, Yuna has a lot of berries in the forest. Yona loves picking tons of blueberries and cranberries and put them in the freezer so that she can eat Berries and drink its juice every day during the winter.

Yuna also loves to choose different herbs beneficial for her health, and dry them to make tea during the winter season, one of her favorite teas when it is cold and dark outside is birch leaf tea, as Yuna picks them as soon as they start blooming in the spring, while the leaves are still young and green. , You find in the smell and taste of tea a scent similar to spring, and this is what Yona needs in the middle of winter, to have something from spring to remind her of the wonderful time that will come when everything blooms and the birds sing again .

Of course, Yona also takes vitamin D supplements, which lead the human body to manufacture it in the skin when exposed to sunlight, so Yuna needs to take vitamin pills due to the absence of the sun for several months, although this will never replace the sun, but it helps a little .

There are many other things that can be done to deal with the endless darkness, but Yona believes that the most important thing ever is to accept the cycles of nature and adapt to it, while Yona feels a great difference in energy during summer and winter, and a difference in nature around her, and in herself, but Dissatisfaction, not accepting the conditions of winter and darkness, and forcing ourselves to feel the same feeling that we used to feel in the summer, can make matters worse and cause additional suffering .. It is okay to feel tired sometimes .. It is okay to feel a lack of inspiration .. And it is okay That we need more sleep, and let things run normally ... the flower slows down and does not force itself to flower in the cold winter.

This way of thinking changed Yona’s way of dealing with the different seasons. She loves winter just as much as she loves summer. Each has its benefits and challenges, and so it becomes easier when we accept what we feel instead of fighting it, and accept the cycles of nature and the cycles that we go through in ourselves, And to learn to live with it, and this is how to live with light and darkness in northern Sweden from Yona's point of view.

These intense contrasts in the light also create greater contrasts with the seasons, each with its own beauty, Yona loves the constant change of the seasons, and she can see and feel the slight changes in light every passing day, this beautiful balance between light and dark may be the greatest source of inspiration, And he makes every day a new and different start.