After months of unusually cold, dreary weather, today is a magnificient day. Bright sunshine, warm dry air, and the beautiful colors of flowers in bloom. Somehow today I feel lighter, more peaceful, and more optimistic. Because like the weather, the last few months have been unusually challenging. But lately I notice a shift - the days seem brighter, relationships warmer, and opportunitites are in bloom.

Our lives really are a mirror of the "nature" of nature. Just as we experience "winter" in our lives, if we are patient eventually "spring" does arrive. The ability to recognize that nothing stays the same forever - the seasons change, the tides turn... brings with it a sense of peace and spirit of optimism.

There are seasons to all life...the shift from dark and dreary to beauty and sunshine. It happens in nature when the starkness of Winter becomes warm, colorful Spring. And it happens in our own lives as we move from darkness and difficulty to brighter, happier times. So just as we get through February because we know that better weather lies just ahead in March, we can take comfort during challening times knowing that the tide will always change, the seasons always shift, and all be well once again. ~ Andrea