Day 46

In times when light is scarce and temperatures fall; it is easy to give way to despair. To sleep more than we wake. To join all other natural life in this, the annual impulse to simply retreat and slumber.

We resist this. In resisting we make each winter a battle, and each battle is between you and a wilderness indifferent to your struggles. 

You cannot hold back the elements nor stop the season coming, but every year you win.

Warmth is shared to spite the cold.

Colors and songs are spread to disperse the grey and dreary.

We shine lights to combat the growing dark.

We win through caring for others. Victory through community. Through sharing.
Through love.

We win because we love.
And I hope you can find some comfort in that notion.