While most people in Poland fall into lethargy during autumn and winter, I feel I am born again, thanks to my body’s exposure to cold temperatures.
I wrote this text on the first of October, 2022. It was a day when I realized I did not feel lethargy because autumn and winter were coming. On the contrary, I am enthusiastic about walking in summer clothes and doing street photography in frigid temperatures. The first of October, 2022, was the day I did street photography in the www.adammazek.com t-shirt. The temperature outside was 13 degrees Celsius (55,4 degrees Fahrenheit). During that day, I heard from other people mainly complaints about whether. They complained that there was cold, that they would have to wait for warm weather until May, and so on. While hearing such texts, I reminded myself of one of Cher’s songs when she sang:
Now I’m strong enough.
I started thinking I was now strong enough to face cold and winter. It seems that those who are afraid of cold are somehow weak. Perhaps I am wrong. I believe that if one can face freezing cold by exposing the body to winter, one can challenge practically everything. The more I challenge cold, the better I forget what “lethargy” means, and the more challenges I can conquer.
I do not want to be like most people and some mammals and go to winter sleep. I want to live fully and expose myself to pain.
Does it mean that walking in frigid temperatures brings me pain? Of course, it does. Still, without it, I would not develop and harden my body, mind, and soul. I suppose I am closest to the inactive state during hot summer days. Indeed, these days I do not have the energy for anything, and I only want to lie on the couch. Why? Because even thinking hurts me.
