Bit brighter Tuesday

Our dog park is under construction so the boys can only run in our backyard. They say they are renewing the fences but it looks bit massive for that. We'll see how long we have to wait for the next dog park meeting with the boys girlfriends. :-)

It's so great to see some brighter moments in our grey and dark weeks. Still very much hoping for the magical white Christmas, but the forecast now includes the Christmas week and it's keeping the temperatures on the plus side.

13 days we are still heading for the darkest says and on 23rd we start facing the days getting longer. Even if it is only a minute a day which it is for a long time, I still know we have faced the darkest and the light is on it's way. I don't know if you guys who don't have this twilight time darkness can understand how heavy it makes one feel to not have sunshine. This really calls for the Finnish Sisu to get through.

"Sisu is a Finnish word generally meaning determination, bravery, and resilience. However, the word is widely considered to lack a proper translation into any other language. Sisu is about taking action against the odds and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity. Deciding on a course of action and then sticking to that decision against repeated failures is Sisu. It is similar to equanimity, except the forbearance of Sisu has a grimmer quality of stress management than the latter. The noun Sisu is related to the adjective sisukas, one having the quality of Sisu.

"Having guts" is a fairly literal translation, as the word derives from sisus, which means something inner or interior. One closely related concept to Sisu is grit; which shares some its denoting elements with Sisu, save for 'stress management' and passion for a long term goal. Sisu may have an element of passion but it is not always present, unlike in the case of grit as defined by Dr. Angela Duckworth. Sisu is also related to concepts such as resilience, perseverance and hardiness."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu