Any of you who have watched HBO’s Game of Thrones has heard the words of one of the principal families, “Winter is coming.” At first blush this bleak motto of the Starks seems extremely pessimistic. Hard times will come. Dangerous situations, lean economic times, fights with a friend or significant other, earthquakes, tornadoes and floods will happen.
The news regales us with tragedy every hour of every day. At work good news doesn’t go far or fast if it moves at all, but bad news flashes like lightning.
Winter IS coming. Make no mistake.
So what are our options? We could eat drink and be merry. Blow our hard-won cash on toys and other distractions hoping they’ll numb us before the snow falls. We could rail at the world, the politicians, the immigrants, the other nations, and pretend that our complaining or internet petitions will change our finances, our families or our health.
But that’s not me. It’s not a lot of other people either, and chances are that if you’re still reading this, it’s not you.
If you’re like me then you know that winter is a season, not an ending. It has it’s own peculiar perks and dangers, no less than any other time of the year and we need to be prepared. We need to take action to enjoy the perks, avoid or mitigate the dangers and live, to make the most of living.
That’s what this blog is about.
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