Four Seasons in One Day

The frequency of my rambling seems to be decreasing at an alarming rate, alas I'm hoping the randomness of my pondering will continue at the same level as ever. So here I am on an autumnal Sunday afternoon feeling quite windswept – it goes with the season, ready to pass on another of my pearls of 'wisdom'. Are you sitting comfortably?
I shall begin.

As I've already alluded to autumn is well and truly with us, the leaves litter roads and pavements as Mother Nature begins its transitional period, ready to recharge its batteries over the winter months. Autumn is actually one of my favourite seasons along with spring, it signals the closure of summer and a time of tranquillity, if anything it is a reflective period – time to look back on what has been there and won't be seen again for a few months. The thing about seasons is they are neat and tidy, they happen at the same time each year, you know what to expect and can prepare for them.

Our life isn't quite as organised, we can't predict when our 'seasons' will come or how long they will last, as someone said to me last night “Mother Nature has had more time”, this is true and also nature is far more stable whereas we don't know how we will feel tomorrow, sometimes it is hard to fathom how we feel today. Could we prepare ourselves in the same way as nature? Can we collect what we need to see us through the harshness of our winter and resurface in spring ready with boundless energy to start again?

During our summers we feel like every day the sun will shine, the good times will never cease, a time where most of us would happily stay without question or complaint alas seasons change and we never appear to be quite ready to change our habits accordingly or to find our way back to where we want to be. As I've already mentioned my favourite season is spring, that is where I am now (told you that we don't follow nature).

So what is spring? Spring is coming out of a long hiatus when everything around looks so bleak, the days are endless and the light seldom shines. Spring is the blossoming of new life (I'm not pregnant so don't call the papers), in a nutshell it is the return of a happiness and a smile that hasn't been seen in a while. It is looking around and being happy with all that you see. To me it is a time to enjoy and cherish, it is the season to hold on to.

The question that remain for me are, why can't we hold onto to the season we want? The cycle of nature is needed to maintain the world we live in but do we need to put ourselves through the same cycle especially as our version is so unpredictable?

While I enjoy spring I shall leave you to ponder.

Take care everyone.

Enjoy today, look forward to tomorrow.