(originally published May 2nd, 2005)

Today is May 2nd, and though I’m a couple of days off, in essence it’s the middle of spring. Spring usually signifies rebirth, so I hope that most of you are feeling some sort of rebirth as we, especially those of us in the northern climes, are starting to experience some better weather than we had the previous months.

At the same time, though, the last couple of days have been cooler and wetter than we probably have hoped they’d be. For tomorrow night, they’re even predicting that we might see snow once more; like we need more snow. But it won’t last, because spring, then summer, is going to come, no matter how long it takes to get there.

Is there a more perfect metaphor for how life should go than the seasons, and what usually transpires? Our lives go through different seasons, yet even in those seasons when we’re expecting the best, sometimes it just doesn’t go our way. But another day is usually around the corner, and that day will, hopefully, be better than the last. At least we have a chance for it to be better.

Not only that, but even those bad days can sometimes bring something special. For instance, a cold rainy day brings about great growth in plants the following days. When certain bad things happen in your life, the next good things usually seem to be that much more special because of what one might have had to overcome to get there.

How will you view your seasons over the next month. I’ll be on two journeys; one out of my area about four hours away for awhile, the other more personal, because every time one goes into a new assignment of some kind, or a new job or a new love or anything else new, there’s a personal journey you also take with you, and though you may not be in total control of all circumstances, you get to have a say in how those circumstances will affect you, as well as how you view them. I will view my seasons as great things coming; what about you?