"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." - Hal Borland

I love this quote and agree with him.  But there are times when it feels like winter will never end.  When we are going through a period of time where nothing is going right, I think about what the winter season is really about.  During winter, we need to slow down, practice patience.  As we know, many animals hibernate during this time.  There have been times in my life where I wish I could have gone into hibernation.  At one point, I wished I had enough money to quit my job, go to the other side of the world and sit on the top of a mountain alone.  I did not want to take care of anyone.  I did not want to do laundry, food shopping and all the other things I was responsible for.  I just wanted to sit on the top of the mountain by myself.  I did not want to talk to anyone.  I just wanted to sit in silence.  Have you ever felt like this?

I wonder if all of us go through times like this.  The good news is that Hal is right.  After winter comes the spring, no matter how long the winter lasts.  And I think that sometimes we can help spring along.  I’ve talked about perspective in a previous post and I really believe that sometimes we make our winters longer than they need to be.  If we stay focused on all the bad in our lives, it is going to bring us down and keep us down.  But there are always good things going on in our lives and it is better to focus on them.  Wayne Dyer says that when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. 

So how are you going to proceed with your day?  I hope you make it as good as it can possibly be.