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What It Was, What It Is

By: Pat LaPointe, 5/17/2012 12:19:56 AM

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Do you remember the saying, “In Spring a young man’s fancy turns to…..”?
Did you ever wonder what a young (or older) woman’s fancy turns to?

I think for most of us thoughts of Spring turn to things growing, a change from the drabness of Winter to a blooming, colorful environment around us.

I believe that our lives often reflect the seasons. In Winter there is comfort in surrounding ourselves with the familiar. The Summer heat slows down our lives. In Autumn, we find relief from the heat and plan for what we’ll need in Winter. The arrival of Spring brings the promise of newness and beauty as trees sprout new leaves and plants new buds, similar to the many new beginnings we experience in our lives. Sometimes we experience a renewal of something we thought was forgotten or impossible like the perennials who seem to rise from the dead and leaves on the trees that replace those that were lost in Autumn. Or it may be a time of new ideas and experiences that you will cultivate and allow to blossom just like the buds on the flowers in a newly planted garden.

As you open yourself up to the growth and beauty of this season, be open to examining your life. Is there something that you’d like to resurrect and renew? Or wanted to change but resisted? Is there something that was a “seed” of an idea that would change your life if you cultivated it?

As you watch the trees grow new leaves and the flowers come into full bloom, think of how your life can do the same.

The authors of this month’s essays faced times when they needed to open up themselves up to frightening and sad changes

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