Text and images Britt Arnhild Wigum Lindland
We were talking about the weather the other morning driving to work. Terje is not cycling any more now when the snow has come, so we drive together to his work and from there I walk half an hour to mine. "You know Terje, the thought of the long winter ahead of us makes me feel a depression might be on its way. How can I cope with it?". Terje doesn't feel the coming dark and cold season heavy on his body like I do, so all he had to say to my question was; "Well, the only thing to do is to take one day at a time and just live through it....."
I was quiet during the rest of our drive and while walking my 30 minutes I said to myself; "Is this really the only way, just to let each day come, trying to make the days the best I can?"
Terje is right.......and wrong. Yes, what to do is to face every day......but then we always have a choice to make the day ours, to put on the best glasses (as I wrote about a few days ago).
This morning I knew which glasses to put on; "Let's leave the snow up here, drive down to the fjord and walk Ladestien (The Lade Path). Then we can say goodbye to autumn yet another time and pretent that winter is not here yet". Terje was with me on this :-)
Dressed in warm coats, scarves and gloves we walked the path. Took photos, had coffee at Sponhuset, walked some more, talked......and had a fabulous morning.
I am almost starting to look forward to winter. What will the months ahead bring?
