Change

Springtime is a change we embrace.  The grass turns green and flowers add a variety of colors as they awaken from a winter slumber.  New hope and joy abounds.  The animals turn to nesting, preparing for their new offspring and raising this generation.  What can compare to a warming sun, a breeze in the air, and the birds chirping.  Winter gray is chased away.

This is indeed a beautiful time of the year.  The fragrance of the flowers, the beauty of the colors, and the sounds of so much life envelops us and brings peace and contentment.  We recall past spring seasons.   Hope abounds!

These changes happen every year, and we embrace them. Change is often feared.  Complaints made about change is that it is too sudden and warning should have been given.  Have you ever wondered if your life will be this way for ever and think how bored you are with it?  Even as you think this, changes are occurring that will not be obvious for some time.    Those changes, when visible, will take your breath away.

Preparation for spring has been occurring below the surface for quite some time before we really see, smell or feel it.

We embrace the changes brought by the spring of the year even though we all know that the change in season can also bring violent and destructive storms.  It certainly brings an onslaught of allergic reactions to the pollen in the air. We will notice that some of the plants and trees did not survive the winter.  Even though the spring may have some negative outcomes attached,  we focus most on the positive. This is a lesson for life.

Life brings many changes. The immutable fact is that things change. The person one sees in the mirror changes.  Businesses change and some close, we move or our friends move, and the lives of those we know and depend on are changed or ended.

The next time you are faced with a change, think about the spring of each year.

• Remember, you have been through many changes. 
• You often do not fully recognize that change is coming until it is undeniably upon you.  
• You will miss things from the past, so face them, feel the loss and let them go.
• New challenges and experiences await you.  

Change tells you that you are alive, that you are experiencing one of the "truths" of life.  Everything changes. The best way to meet change is to simply embrace it and to let go of the past.  Therein lies peace and happiness.  Easy to say but sometimes it takes work to accomplish it.

Enjoy the Spring!