Go through while you are going through

I have never had the luxury of being able to relax and just simply change seasons.  I have always had to burn the candle and both ends.  I am going through a trial at the same time that I am transitioning.  This winter taught me this.  I had to go through a hard winter that was long and full of snow.  I did not have the opportunity to wait until the snow was shoveled or the ice melts before I had to just get in my car and go to the store.  I learned that you have to take some precautions, but the main thing to do is just start doing it.  Even taking the trash to the trash bin was a twenty minute chore.  I did not like it.  I tried to wait out the storm.  I tried to wait until it got warmer.  I tried to wait until I was leaving to go somewhere else.  I tried to place it in a room and shut the door.  I tried and I tried, but then, I simply gathered my coat and gloves.  I warmed up the car.  I shoveled the drive.  I made sure that I had my medications and then I opened the door.  It took me five times as long to do this than when the sun was shining, but I did have to do it.  I did not have the luxury of waiting until the snow went away.  Sometimes, you have to go through while you are going through.  You have to move at the worst time in your life to move.  You have to move when the winds are blowing against you.  You have to cross the sea when the billows are raging.  Half the battle is in the opening the door.  It is in the battle that you learn how to swing for all you know.  Don't be afraid to move when the waters are flooding.  Go through while you are going through.