"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
~John F. Kennedy~
Now would be the time to repair your roof in Vancouver;
we have had sunny, cloudless skies all this week! Andrew & I have made extra effort to soak in as much Vitamin D as possible by hiking & biking & driving with the windows down...we're preparing for the despairing months of October, November & December...dreary fall/winter months filled with endless days of rain and no sun in sight. I've been continually warned since we arrived that I may start feeling depressed in the winter months and that I should look into getting Vitamin D pills. At this point, with the weather we're having now, I'm just not convinced...
we have had sunny, cloudless skies all this week! Andrew & I have made extra effort to soak in as much Vitamin D as possible by hiking & biking & driving with the windows down...we're preparing for the despairing months of October, November & December...dreary fall/winter months filled with endless days of rain and no sun in sight. I've been continually warned since we arrived that I may start feeling depressed in the winter months and that I should look into getting Vitamin D pills. At this point, with the weather we're having now, I'm just not convinced...
I'm not particularly sure what originally struck me about that quote,
other than the word sunshine, haha. But as I sit here in my furnished new apartment, awaiting for the man of dreams to come home in our well-running car and as I look forward to church tomorrow where I will get to connect with some wonderful new friends, I think I get what Kennedy is getting at. When the settings look optimistic, take advantage of the good you can do with it. Now that Andrew & I have transitioned into our new routines & have started to settle in here, its time to really focus on the areas of our lives that need work: our relationship with God, our finances, & our health. None of these topics are easy to discuss or work on when you feel you have fallen short of your own and your partner's expectations. In fact these may be the reason that many marriages today fail. But there is no better time to address these hard topics than now, when we have the time, the patience & the willingness to grow. That sure was some sound advice Mr.JFK!
other than the word sunshine, haha. But as I sit here in my furnished new apartment, awaiting for the man of dreams to come home in our well-running car and as I look forward to church tomorrow where I will get to connect with some wonderful new friends, I think I get what Kennedy is getting at. When the settings look optimistic, take advantage of the good you can do with it. Now that Andrew & I have transitioned into our new routines & have started to settle in here, its time to really focus on the areas of our lives that need work: our relationship with God, our finances, & our health. None of these topics are easy to discuss or work on when you feel you have fallen short of your own and your partner's expectations. In fact these may be the reason that many marriages today fail. But there is no better time to address these hard topics than now, when we have the time, the patience & the willingness to grow. That sure was some sound advice Mr.JFK!
I just want to leave you with a verse that has comforted me and inspired me in both the good & the bad times:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
~Philipians 4:6
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