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“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him, there is no darkness at all…” (1 John 1:5-7, NIV).
I don’t know about you, but by the end of October, I dread the shorter days and longer nights. It might seem crazy, but the darkness seems to feel like a heavyweight blanket I can’t throw off. No matter how hard I try, I seem to be more tired, depressed, and anxious. Psychologists today call this condition Seasonal Affective Disorder, and it’s no surprise that the acronym spells SAD. Unfortunately, daylight savings is a day that tends to make this condition worse.
Though the change of time is beyond our control, there are still a few simple ways we can embrace daylight savings for the benefit of our mental health. And it doesn’t include going back in time, traveling by time machine, or defying space and time.
