Seasons for Growth

August is the month when things thaw out. Suddenly the days are getting longer, the sun is shining warmer and something returns to the air which has been lying dormant. It’s a time of reflection, planning, dreaming and setting goals so you have something to aim for when the days don’t end till 8pm and you can’t sleep anyway for the heat.

September brings promise of renewal with its blossoms and blooms. “If they can do it why shouldn’t I too?” you think when you see a naked and empty tree become majestic in its beauty again. Everything is magnified in its splendor - grass becomes greener, colours start moving and you can smell something in the air that wasn’t there before. And this all rubs off on you every day until you realize you are part of a greater process and you need to get amongst it.

October is a waiting game: Summer’s just around the corner and she’s playing hard to get. Its jeans and tee-shirts with a jacket after dark but after all the months of being rugged up all you yearn for is to sleep naked under a fan.

November is time to flirt with the ocean. The sea breeze beckons you to it, daring you to get in and get wet, with a promise to wash away all the residue of the year gone by and leave you only with a thing film of crunchy salt that’ll rinse off under the trickle of a communal shower.

December. The end of another chapter, time to sweat, time to celebrate, lets knock off work early and drink beers in the sun. Its burnt skin and good times, sleepless nights and a cool breeze if you’re lucky enough to take the edge off.

The seasons still run like clockwork and bring with them certain predictability. In January I thought that all that lay in front of me was a question mark. Funnily enough it doesn’t scare me anymore and only brings with it possibility. I’m a third of the way through my life and for the first time feel like the choices I have made are about to give me the right kind of foundation for the next bit….however long that might be….with whatever it might bring with it…