groundhog.jpgOh, great–the groundhog saw his shadow.  In case you’re feeling a little shadowy yourself today in light of the breaking 6-more-weeks-of-winter news, here are some uplifting quotes to rescue you from any cold thoughts that might have crept into your mind.

“To
be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than
to be hopelessly in love with spring.”  — George Santayana

“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”  — Maori Proverb

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape – the loneliness of it – the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it – the whole story doesn’t show.” — Andrew Wyeth

“One kind word can warm three winter months.” — Japanese proverb

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