– Belinda Taylor
There is a long winter ahead of us here, and though I’ve gotten better at enjoying it over the years, I still sometimes find myself dreading the cold, dark months ahead. When I catch myself staring sadly at the sun outside, longing to hold on to it, I realize that it’s pretty silly to squander the happiness available to me in the now by worrying about potentially darker days in the future. When I realize I’m dreading some inevitable unpleasantness, I try to remember that it is winter that makes summer so delicious; it is endings that enable new beginnings; it is cloudy days that make sunny ones feel so good.