The Happiness of Fortitude
November is spreading itself across the region in shades of beige and gray, a portent of the coming winter.
Despite the holidays that sparkle its coming, those of us who have spent some years of our lives in northern climes are not fooled. We know what the season holds.
And although we may shudder and grumble and complain, secretly we love the way the season tests us to see what we’re really made of.
Adversity, after all, gives us a chance to dig out our determination and courage. And winter brings plenty of trials. Its cold and seemingly endless months of darkness test our patience, our resolution, our willingness to endure.
And there’s a joy in that—in finding the grit and spirit to rise above the season’s challenges. We kick up our senses of camaraderie a notch. We pull on our boots and woolies and defy the cold by tossing our winter sports and games in its face. We cuddle more, and enjoy the heartiness of winter foods.
It’s not an easy season. But like all of life, it has its blessings—not the least of which is the chance it gives us to exercise our fortitude. And there’s something glorious in that.
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