Lakes freeze from the top down, and the ice up top protects the life underneath. Some hard seasons are shelter.

Hard things can function as cover. Ice forms on the top of a lake first and that lid is what keeps the water below from freezing solid, so the harshest looking part of the winter is also what the fish are living under. Not every difficult season is working against you. Some of them close things off, limit your options, slow you down, and protect something that needed the quiet.

Ask what your current shut in stretch might be sheltering. Protect one small thing underneath it this week, a routine, a friendship, a practice nobody sees.