Happy Exalano Day

In early March, it's easy to get dragged down by the winter blues. We have had

lots of snow and ice, and the cold temperatures just keep coming. 2015 has been

one of the toughest winters in memory for many of us, and everyone would very,

very much like to see some spring. However, although spring is coming, it's quite

easy for us, at this time of year, to become weary of winter. By early March, our

perspective on winter becomes dark and dreary, and that attitude affects our

approach to everyday life. At this time of year, it's easy to forget that we should

take the time every day to march forth and have some fun.

So, in spite of the winter blues, we should take some time to march forth and enjoy winter for what it is, an excitingly beautiful, fascinatingly interesting season, full of wonderful sights and sensations.

There is one day on the calendar that is perfectly placed to change our perspective on winter. That day is the fourth day of March, Exalano Day.

Exalano Day was created many years ago as a unique holiday where we are all called upon to march forth from our daily routine and do something fun. The annual call to celebrate Exalano Day has been issued in each of the last thirty-nine years by the Exalano Day Committee (the EDC), a very, very small group of people on a mission to annually remind everyone that we all need to march forth from those things that wear us down. The word 'Exalano' comes from the Greek word meaning 'to march forth', and hence it is natural to declare that the fourth day of March should be called Exalano Day. On this most unique holiday, the Exalano Day Committee declares that everyone, everywhere, should shed their winter blues, march forth into the world, and look at what we have in a different and exciting way.

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, all of us should celebrate Exalano Day by marching forth and looking for ways to have fun. We need to shed the winter blues by looking at the world around us and appreciating all of the good things that there are to see!