In December I struggle to get my desired number of steps in during the daylight hours. I reach for bowls of soup with more spicy heat than is usual. I work harder to find beauty in the fallow garden. I trust that both dawn and summer are coming.

Be patient
where you sit
in the dark.
The dawn
is coming.

—Jalaluddin Rumi [go here for a discussion of Rumi quotes/translations]