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It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania.
I can’t remember a winter being as cold as this, but I’m sure there were colder days.
Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things.
People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods. They say they’re “under the weather,” not feeling good about this time of year.
As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt crisp and my cars were stinging.
Of course, that doesn’t matter to Ricky and Lucy. They have a routine they must go through to find just the fight spot no matter how cold or hot it is.

So I wait.
But this time it was different. As cold as it was, I suddenly was invigorated thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was.
Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer’s scorching hot days flashed through my mind. I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my face. I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat.
I was right.
Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable, I normally dread them and gripe about it all the way through.
But today I was grateful for them. Without the extremes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just right. Without the extremes life would be boring.
It’s being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more. Health challenges reminds us that we need to pay more attention to how we live. Financial extremes reminds us that when things are in excess it’s time to tuck away for when the times are lean.
So bring on the cold so I appreciate the heat more.
Make me sweat on a hot summer’s day so I wish I had a handful of snow to rub my face in.
I’ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment.
Whether it’s hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always wanted it to be different.
But no more. I want to start finding a reason to be happy right where I am. Even if it’s simply the fact that I’m alive.
I’m tired of being “Under the Weather!”
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在宾夕法尼亚州这里真的是很冷啊。
在我的记忆中，我可不曾记得在冬天里有这样鬼的天气，但是我肯定会有更冷的天气。
即使现在白天的时间在日渐增长，除非你真需要去外面做些什么事情，不然外面太冷，这绝对是个很好的借口--只要你想呆在屋子里面不出去。但是以此为借口后呢，时常我不得不赶工完成那些因偷闲而没有完成的工作。
我所打交道的人有着各式各样的坏脾气。他们说自己“不大舒服”，这段日子里面感觉不太好受。
当昨天我和那两条狗狗站在外面的时候，由于太冷了以至于我的鼻子和脸蛋都变得皱皱的了，我的汽车上也满是冰刺。
当然了，我的两条宝贝，里基和露西，这种曾度的温度对它们来说是小意思。他们还是按照以前的方式，无论天气有多么糟糕，必须通过争斗来抢夺地盘，。
所以我静观其变。
现在跟以前有点不太一样。天气很冷，当我突然想到寒冷有多么美妙后，不由精神为之一振。
随后，阳光透过云层而来，我突然联想到夏天里那灼热般的情景。我记起午后站在外面，感到热浪而来，汗珠从我眼眉而落，灼热的阳光照在我的脸上的样子。从那时起，当我在寒冷的冬日里面，我就喜欢我能有这样温暖的感受。
我的想法没有错。
我生活中里，大部分不得不在这两种极端的天气里面度过，不过，无论哪个都不觉得能让我舒服。一般来讲，我都不愿意过这两个季节，在这样的日子里面，我都会满腹牢骚。
但是在今天的日子里，我为能拥有像这样的时候而心存感激。生活中要是没有这样完全不同的时光，我就不会为不冷又不热的好时光而心怀感恩。要是没有这样的日子，生活也许会无趣很多。
生活在或冷或热的日子里头，我们都会期待着好点的天气早点到来。健康的不适会提醒你我更要注意自己生活的方式。钱财的多少提醒你我需要未雨绸缪，以备时需。
于是，寒冷到来时，我会期待日子会更温暖一些。
在满是流汗的夏日里，我倒是期望下那么一两场小雪，让丝丝凉意来擦拭我脸上的汗珠。
我对当下里自己时常过得不愉快的原因总结出了结论：
要么就是太热要么太冷，身体健康或者食少事烦，阔绰富裕或者贫穷潦倒，遇到这些情况时，我总想来点别的新鲜点的。
不过我已不再这么去想，当下里我只想马上找出幸福快乐的理由。哪怕只是我活在世上这么简单的道理也无所谓。
因为我已厌倦了（太多）“不舒服”的日子。