Cold

There are many levels of cold.
There is Florida cold - when it 'plunges' below 60.
There is new North Carolina cold - when it struggles to find 10.
There is Bismark cold which doesn't even register on a dadgum thermometer.
All are ridiculous.
All are ludicrous.
But . . . each is livable.
Each area contains the strategies and tools to survive the surroundings.

The most bitter cold.
The one that is most unsurvivable . . .
is the coldness of one's heart.

When you allow the world,
in all of it's craziness, to creep inside . . .
to slither its icy tendrils toward your soul.
THAT is a cold that frightens me more than any other.

No matter your situation.
Keep your heart warm.
Know that you are a human worthy of love and grace and accomplishment
who, in turn, can bring those values to other folks.
A giving heart is a toasty heart!

Go be toasty!