2/6/2019 1 Comment Why We Should Love The Cold!-45 with a wind chill! The snow doesn’t just crunch underfoot, its more like a high-pitched squeak! You know what I’m talking about, we all do. More than 5 minutes outside has ice crystals forming on lashes and brows. You can’t even take a full breath outside, your lungs rebel, your thoughts get fuzzy.
Every single one of us has pondered the question with no answer at least once in the dead of winter. “What were our parents or grandparents or great grandparents thinking when they came to make this place home?” Were they that desperate or that dumb or just a bit of both? I think they were dumb alright, dumb like a fox. Firstly, the cold brings us together against a common enemy, like nothing else ever has or ever will. We live in an era that seeks to divide. We are all treated the same by the cold, it doesn’t care about our height or weight or gender or ethnicity. Secondly the cold keeps us healthy. No pest or bug or disease survives this brutality. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger and if the cold kills our enemies, then it is our friend right? The cold also brings out the sun, even the clouds fly away in minus 40 temperatures and we are treated to brilliant Vitamin D enriching sunlight, no soft bones for our tough crew! Thirdly, the cold helps us grow and market the highest quality food the world has to offer. Think about this. Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted. It amounts to about $1 Trillion dollars. Food grown and stored in the cold of Canada is not typically part of that wastage. Fourthly, the cold cuts down on impulse shopping and increases quality family time. When its so cold Tim Horton’s starts serving coffee on a stick the last thing you want to do is go out, even to the mall. No you stay in, you get cabin fever together, like any good family does! If you get really bored you can take that steaming coffee, go outside for 10 seconds, fling it up and take that beauty frozen fan pic and send it to your friends. Now if that’s not worth the price of admission, then nothing is. Fifthly the cold makes you sleep better. When you are as snug as a bug in a rug and cuddling with someone you love you have the best sleeps ever. You also get to wear fashionable sweaters and scarves and wool socks. The Aussies should be so lucky. Speaking of the Aussies, did you notice how frizzy their hair is with all that humidity? No such problem here when the cold makes it drier than a popcorn fart. We save tons on hair products when its so beautifully cold and dry. Finally, the cold makes you appreciate the warm. No people play harder for the 57 days of summer they get than we do. We embrace the other 3 seasons like a drowning person tossed a life ring. We love the green trees, the smell of fresh cut grass and the long lazy sunsets that give us the guts we need to face the cold again, next year. Now why do we love the cold? It brings us together, it keeps us healthy, it keeps our food fresh, it saves us money, it helps us sleep better, it makes the sun shine upon us and it makes us appreciate life more. You might say the cold deserves a better rap from of all us, it might just deserve our love.
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I grew up as part of a big family on a big mixed farm on the Prairies of Canada. All my opinions are my own. I have an Ag degree from Saskatoon and an MBA from New Brunswick. I am happily married with four children. I love my work, my family and my community and will guard them all ferociously. I try to bring critical thought to all I do and all I say. Leadership through example is the best way forward. |