One of the challenges in transitions is when you find yourself smack dab in the middle of the transition - when the past no longer works and the future is not yet decided.  It can be a time of hopelessness.  A good friend sent me this link to Chris Heeter, a woman in Minnesota who leads wilderness trips.  I heard her speak a couple of years ago and was so impressed with her message.  Here is a poem she wrote about winter…..

It’s called the “dead of winter,”

single digit temperatures above or below zero, projected to last at least three weeks.But signs of spring abound. The cardinal and black capped chickadees have changed their winter tunes to spring songs. Black bear babies are arriving,all of 12 ounces at birth. And as we make our way around the sun,we’ve already gained 45 minutes of daylight since Solstice night. So even as we bundle and layer for the cold, the birds and the bears and even the sun remind us that spring is waiting just beyond winter’s long shadows. – Chris Heeter, Wilderness Guide, Author, Speakerwww.thewildinstitute.com

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