Winter has come.
And its coldness and barrenness
Have shocked you, saddened you.
Even though you saw the signs,
Heard the warning,
The emptiness stretching ahead
Without sign of abating
Seems to have the power to shrink your soul
Even just thinking about it.
How will you survive?
Just asking the question seems to open up a glimmer of a vista,
An iota of hope.
How have you survived winter in the past?
What did others do?
So instead of simply enduring, hibernating
It is time to be overt, proactive.
Seek out those places, people of warmth
Where conversations are filled with life
That will sustain and carry you.
Contemplate anew past promises for the future.
And above all, remember:
The dying that is Winter
Is essential
Before the New Life
That is Spring
Can usher in
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