Do you know what winter is?

Winter is the period of time when everything in nature seems basically dormant but is in fact regenerating and preparing to burst out in energy in spring.

So just because we see nothing happening, that doesn't mean that nothing is happening, necessarily.

Moreover, all we can do is to do our best. However, if we lay our expectations on conditions we cannot directly control, we set ourselves up for discouragement and possibly worse.

Anyway, that's my take on it.