A Lesson in Winter

Here in the Centrai Valley we have been waking up to grey dawns and cold misty fog for the last three weeks. Each day the damp grey sky drapes sullenly over us, chafing our sense and sensibility. How we all long for the prodigal sun to return.

One should be thankful there is winter, regardless. It is winter that nips away the arrogance of our youth and reminds us the fragile presumptions of our lives. It is also winter that amplifies the new hope awaits us when turning over a new leaf in the coming spring.