¶ The Struggle to Face the Cold Plunge
Cold plunge thoughts. Some days, it is really hard to get in here. I've been up for two hours already, and I just could not bring myself to do it. But here I am, finally doing it. And you know what? I can handle it. That's the amazing thing.
¶ Finding Light in the Darkness of Winter
I used to live in Fairbanks, Alaska. And while I lived there, One of the things that people complained about a lot was that it was so dark in the winter. And it was, because the sun was only up from about 10 to 2.30 or 3, something like that. And what I learned there, though, was that there is the darkness, but the light always chases out the darkness. Always. So even if there is a low light, that light was stronger than the darkness was.
And in fact, in the summer, it never got dark because there was always some sort of light. So the darkness cannot overpower the light. The light always overpowers the darkness.
¶ Inviting Light to Chase Out the Darkness
And that's true in our lives as well. Well, there are going to be times where the darkness is pushing us to avoid doing things or stop doing things. But any time that we invite the light into our life, then it chases out the darkness. That's not a, hey, this is cool. This would be great. That's just a fact. The two cannot coexist. exist. And I think that that's an incredibly powerful and empowering belief to have.
No matter how dark your life is, you just need a little bit of light to start chasing out that darkness. It's all it takes is a little bit. I find a lot of comfort in that, especially times when I'm personally struggling.