This time of year can be very trying. The Christmas season is a distant memory and our New Year's resolutions have been forgotten or remembered with guilt. The cold weather stops us from doing some outdoor activities except skiing or snow shoeing, of course. We may get a reprieve on Super Bowl weekend but if the team we are rooting for loses it's not much help.Many of us are already awaiting the spring flowers. It would be easy to become sorrowful and let our lives become bastions of displeasure. In order to overcome the winter doldrums, sometimes we listen to …