"To anyone who has spent a winter in the north . . . , the first hint of spring is a major event . . . To appreciate it, you must wait for it a long time, hope and dream about it, and go through considerable enduring. Looking forward to spring plays the same part in morale building in the north as rumors do in an army camp. The very thought of it is something to live for when the days are bitter and winter is stretching out a little longer than it should.
"Waiting has a deep psychological impact on all of us and most people know it is not necessarily the waste of time it might appear to be at the moment. Waiting gives us a chance to realize we cannot solve the complicated puzzles of our lives without considering the vast complex series of variables that have a bearing on everything we do.
Sigurd F. Olson
Photo: Spring-beauty flowers blooming on a south-facing hillside, Lory State Park, CO, March 5, 2012
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