I recently came across a helpful word wintering Just as winter is a time of slowing down in much of the natural world author Katherine May uses this word to describe our need to rest and recuperate during life rsquo s ldquo cold rdquo seasons I found the analogy helpful after losing my father to cancer which sapped me of energy for months Resentful of this forced slowing down I fought against my winter praying summer rsquo s life would return But I had much to learn Ecclesiastes famously says there rsquo s ldquo a season for every activity under
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