Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 70

Today's Daily 5:

1. 1 year, 70 days of making these lists
2. a funny old lady on the bus yesterday afternoon "I'm 88, but I know I'm lucky.  I know I only look 70!"
3. wearing a cozy scarf
4. sleeping in a little
5. eating a cinnamon twist for breakfast
6. hanging out at the zoo with my friend F. and her daughter A.
7. visiting palm trees, even if they were the kind that grow indoors
8. Going to hear Jason Upton with my friend H from house church
9. the peace of being able to greet someone who unexpectedly showed up with grace, and not have it throw a total wrench in my ability to meet with God for the evening
10. quotes from Jason Upton - "practice resurrection", "I'm with you in the valley," and "I see you in the simple things."

Adaptation

Every year I forget how long it takes to adapt to winter. The first cold days hit and I'm freezing. I forget that, like anything else in my life, winter requires adaptation, and that it's usually a slow adaptation.

By January, I'll be celebrating a day where the high is -1 C. The weather that is making me achy and cold and grumpy today will be a welcome relief in February.

And I'm stopping this morning to consider what other things in my life just need some time for adaptation? What else seems awful now, but will feel like a blessing later? What gifts are hidden in the time adaptation requires?

(That said, this morning I'm going to the zoo with a friend, to visit palm trees of the sort that grow indoors, and remind myself of warmer days!)