My contrary human nature…
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6
Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well. Epictetus
At the end of February and through March, I’m always eager for spring to get underway and for summer to come. I’m tired of winter and ready for warm weather fun. Never mind that cold winter nights are perfect for sleeping under a cozy bunch of blankets. Forgetting the pleasure of the slower pace of winter days…
How soon we forget that every season has both its advantages and disadvantages!
Spring brings growing things, gardening, sunny bike rides, and walks. Some of the lower Sierra trails begin to be passable for hiking, so that’s delightful for me! Yet spring brings POLLEN, my arch nemesis, and my cat begins to shed, making allergies even worse. Breathing is one of my favorite pastimes…and stuffy noses at night disrupt sleep.
Summer is always fairly fast paced; so much to do with paddleboarding, hiking, barbeques, and other fun family and friend activities. There are outdoor plays and music events, sunsets to savor on mellow warm evenings, and traveling friends who visit in the summer. So many absolutely wonderful things! Yet summer also brings horrendously hot days and oft times sleeping in a stuffy air-conditioned house. And let’s not forget the bugs. Sad to say that I’m a favorite with mosquitoes…
By August, my contrary nature is kicking in, and I just want my favorite season of autumn to arrive which will be followed by the holidays. I long for pleasantly warm days with cool nights for sleeping. I eagerly anticipate hiking along trails with breathtaking fall foliage colors. I look forward to joyous holiday times of celebration with family and friends. Yet autumn means the days begin to grow shorter and winter with short, dark, cold days is not far off.
So contrary! Though I truly deeply enjoy the delights of each season, I always reach a point where I long for change…