Kelli Fox - Thought #12 - Fresh Air and Forward Motion

Hi. It's Kelli again, it's February 28th and this is Thought #12. My final thought for you for February. Thanks, Sarah, for inviting me to do this, it's been the most extraordinary and eye opening experience to have this responsibility to you all three times a week, to share my thoughts. I'm honoured to have been asked. I began this month talking about the depression I was in the midst of, so I want to end this month talking about the depression that I am now rising out of. This is what they call Season Affective Disorder, and for anybody who's ever doubted it, that's a thing. That's a real thing. I and hundreds of thousands of other people who live in northern climes contend with this every single year. And every single year it takes me by surprise, and every single year I am laid indescribably low by it, and every single year through some mysterious process that I am not really in control of it begins to lift. As the light returns to the sky, and as the warmth returns to the air. And it doesn't hurt to be busy, and to be engaged, as I am now, in projects that I am passionate about, and it really doesn't hurt to be ... to find myself now, back in Calgary. Which, for my money, as I just finally discovered at this late date last year, is one of the warmest and most beautiful theatre communities in this country, and I'm delighted to be here. And, um .... I think, it's important that we remember, those of us who contend with this, because when you're in the midst of it, it's really hard, but it's important to remember, that it will pass. The light will return, the spring will come. Hang on. And as a very dear, and very smart friend of mine once said to me .... Fresh air and forward motion, it'll cure everything. I believe that's true.