I am an autumn girl. I spend the hot
summer longing for the return of “Sweater Weather.” I’m into everything
associated with autumn – cool mornings, an aromatic crockpot full of chicken noodle
soup, layered clothing, snuggling under afghans, the trees changing into their
brilliant colors of gold, orange and yellow - it’s my season.
But my sister would make the perfect
beach girl. Sun, sand, waves – it’s her dream. She loves the heat. And a good
friend of mine simply lives for winter (I know, there’s one in every bunch). She prays for snow and icicles along with her “hot
chocolate and mittens weather.” Spring has its devotees also. And, I admit,
after a long, cold winters the first buds of spring make me smile.
Unless you live in a perpetually
warm or cool climate, most of us have to endure the seasons we are less fond of
to get to the seasons we love. In other words, we have to take turns. Now, if we’re
really honest, most of us aren’t fond of taking turns. We want what we want
when we want it. But with the seasons we are forced to wait patiently until our
favorite comes around. No amount of impatience, coercion, or downright holding
our breath will hurry the change of a season along.
In fact, I think the changing
seasons may be one of God’s ways of teaching us about attitude adjustment. Even
though I hate winter, I still have the choice of being totally miserable or cuddling
up under a cozy afghan with a mug of hot chocolate and a good book and enjoying
some “me” time.
Sometimes we make the bad times in
life worse by our attitude. And, sometimes we can’t see the good times because
we are so busy rehashing the bad times. It never hurts to occasionally take a
“seasonal attitude adjustment.” Who knows, you might find out summer isn’t so
bad when experienced while holding a glass of lemonade and running through a
sprinkler!
Love and blessings,
Susan
2 comments:
Well said! We miss so many joys in the present because we’re too busy wishing for what is behind us or being impatient for lies ahead. I’m glad we live where we get to experience all four seasons.
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