The biggest lesson of my adult life is seasons. I guess as a kid, teenager and even young adult, you feel like your life is in chapters. You graduate from High School. Chapter closed. But then you go quickly (and excitedly) into college. And soon, chapter closed. Then another interesting chapter begins–new job, marriage, etc.
And this is where chapters stop and seasons begin. You have a season with one job, a season of a relationship, a season with another new job. A season of newborns, of toddlers, of teething, of potty-training. Short periods of time that feel like an eternity. They fill up every segment of your life to the brim–overflowing with importance.
But then as soon as it begins, it’s over and something new is happening. Not the newness of jet-setting and exciting opportunities. But the newness of, “Wait! I just got that figured out! Can’t we stay here awhile?”
I’ve learned (in my vast years of mature adult) that you cannot stay “here” for awhile. We have to continue into each season just like a tree must change it’s leaves. From empty branches to bright green leaves, to spring flowers, to the red of autumn. Our constant change brings the beauty, the rest and the growth we need. The growth God designed for us.
And when I sit in a time of life wishing it would stay (or leave), I only have to remember that this is a fleeting season.
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linked the the fabulous Gypsy Mama and her 5 Minute Friday!
Coming over from the Gypsy Mama. This is awesome. It’s actually similar to what I wrote. I’m in that first step of realizing that life is about seasons.
so true!! so true!! I always feel like I have a unique connection to my oldest child because we go through so many firsts together…..this year it was sending my first child off to kindergarten….she has done great. Now I have to send another daughter off to kindergarten next fall. I thought it would be a snap after I send the first one off…..I think I was WAY wrong….I’m already dreading it and excited for her!
So true! You know (well, I’m sure you don’t, so I’ll go ahead and tell you anyway ;)), I was reading another friends blog the other day, and she wrote about going through dry/hard times in life and compared it to a tree. She’s a great writer (she’s writing a memoir on her journey through becoming a mother to a down syndrome child), anyway, if you’re interested here’s a link to that post.
http://gillianmarchenko.blogspot.com/2011/05/busy-ness-and-trees.html
I love you, Deanne! You always make me laugh! Thanks for the link! 🙂
You’re right. We can’t stay HERE!! We always move on like a flowing river to the sea.
I always love a tree analogy – and the seasons – SO TrUE.
there’s not a day that goes by that i don’t think of it, since we are in the overflowing season of 4 boys playing baseball.
not sure if I can write a 5 minute post today:: yours speaks from my heart as well!
BLessings!
I don’t think I realized it so much until I had my first grandbaby and during that glorious season my dad passed away. All I could think about was “The Circle of Life”. It’s continuous and it goes by so quickly. She is now 5 and I miss my dad so much and just wish he could have met her. He will someday so that is the greatest thing that I can hold on to.
Yes, I love that though we expect change, we also rest in the truth that God is everlasting and unchanging. Great five minute post!
Such a interesting sharing about season.
“We have to continue into each season just like a tree must change it’s leaves. From empty branches to bright green leaves, to spring flowers, to the red of autumn” , I love this thought because it’s as a life experience.Time wait no man and we should adapt to changes in life
I loved your writing on seasons. In fact, I love everything I’ve read so far that you’ve written. I cannot remember how I came upon your page last week, but what a wonderful treat. Goes to show that sometimes, some things are just meant to happen.
I’m a teacher, wife and mother. One of my children, Emily, is a writer as well and is going to school at Columbia in Chicago.
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