The Autumn time-change from Daylight Savings back to Standard Time feels like a sort of "psychological winter solstice"

To me, the Autumn time-change from Daylight Savings back to Standard Time feels like a sort of "psychological Winter Solstice."

In my inner life, it marks the transition from Autumn to Winter, a time when earlier evening darkness leads to an enhanced desire to practice contemplative prayer.  Here, I know myself to be surrounded by the mystery of the Divine Presence - an all-encompassing embrace  that is so close, it feels to the mind like darkness and unknowing, yet which can be recognized as the deepest intimacy by the eye of the heart.

Photos: (Top) Greyrock, fields, and Cottonwood trees, Larimer County, CO, October 23, 2014: (Middle)

Sunset over Lewis Lake and the Snowy Range, WY, October 31, 2014; (Bottom) Ice on Lewis Lake, Snowy Range, WY, October 31, 2014