This morning I had the pleasure of feeling the sun on my face and knowing that it is spring. I have known this for a while since the moment that I witnessed the extra minute of day light; since I smelled the first wet snow; since the first bird song; since the first blade of a crocus emerged green. The warmth today confirmed what I already knew: that I have enjoyed spring for over a month. This is significant coming from a geographical place where it snows until May. If I wait until May, or even April, to declare it is spring, then the season is far too short. I will have missed the changes and more importantly the pleasure and excitement of being in spring.
Being in spring is more than enjoying the nature around me. It is also a state of being. I am not in winter. I wake up and I am in a state of creating, where I make decisions that allow me to become, to renew and to do for the first time. I am in a state of experimentation where I try something and see what happens, where I get to continue something—or not. My word for the year is “to emerge.” I am in a laboratory of ideas where some will mature as plants in the summer. Others won’t. Or they will surprise me elsewhere, already rooted. This is a state of being that I love, that I cherish and will preserve with care.
Following this train of thought, in what season is your state of being? Are you still sleepy from the Winter? Do you have a quieting down from Fall? Are you coasting on matured projects like Summer? If you live in a place of the world where seasons don’t change dramatically, how would you describe your state of being? Rainy season? Dry season? Something else?
Consider which season your state of mind is in and what value it has for you. Is it just right or is it time to move on?
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