Saturday, April 4, 2015

The Seasonal Affective Order of Spring

Everything is changing.  Always.

Sometimes the change is gradual - glacial even.  Depending on what kind of instrument you are using and the length of time you observe, the change might be imperceptible.  But change is happening.

This time of year, nature thrusts change in your face so it is impossible to ignore.  Buds are forming, the flowering trees are beginning to bloom, and change is obvious from one day to the next.

Life is waking up to begin its annual frenzy of energy gathering and reproduction, creating the oxygen we need to breathe and the foods we eat to sustain us.   Using, in those processes, the carbon dioxide and organic waste we egest.   Solar powered cycles of use, transformation, moving energy and nutrients throughout the system we depend on for existence.

How does this season affect us?  It wakes us up, motivates us to activity.  It pulls us outside to feel the new warmth and smell the waking life in the newly thawed earth.  It energizes us, and uplifts our spirits, opening our minds to new possibilities.


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