Winter is the time of rest and reflection.  The time for family and home.  The time of quiet.  While the days are getting longer and the Light getting stronger, we continue to be in this season of going within and resting.  With this time period, comes cold and flu season. We often view illness and dis-ease as a bad thing, something to avoid.  Which is understandable when we feel miserable.  I wonder if we could consider that illness has a role?