In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
(1913-1960)
It's a bit of a cliché perhaps but these cycles are natural and really powerful aren't they? Winter can feel bleak and hard when you're in it but summer's potential and the hope of its return is in there somewhere too. And a winter of the soul, when everything is stripped back to the essentials and the light's subdued, has a beauty of its own. It's more subtle and it's not necessarily a place one wants to dwell too long but it's all the more important for the rest it brings and the contrast it offers to a summer's growth and bloom.
I want to remind myself of this today. And to be patient.
I'm just not very good at being patient. Not very good at all.
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10 comments:
I hear you! I am also no good at patience. I want spring and I want it now!! But I don't want to wish my life away.. I want to be in the moment so I too will work at enjoying this moment and not skipping over it because I want something that just cannot be right now!
Very well stated post. I believe we all are guilty of instant gratification. I am with Sun Mamma, I need spring to be here...
The sun came out yesterday! While on doggie walkies through the alley ways the buds are plump and the pussy willows are all fluffy. It is still a three layer day, brisk but the sun makes so much difference! The cheese grater will have to wait-
This is beautiful. And I love that quote.
I wrote a post on winter a while back and I appreciate what you're saying here. I know we need to have a winter in order to have a spring and summer, but the wait...the wait is killing me! Come on Spring!
I love your winter/spring takes in the photo mosaic - beautiful!
And I have a soft spot for Albert Camus :)
what a very creative season mosaic..the black gate opens to paradise ELK
it is never cliche to me.
impatience is a weakness that resides in my own heart as well.
perhaps looking for the beauty in the harshness is the trick to not longing for summer when its time has not yet come?
Patience - Very hard, but full of quiet hope and expectation!
Very well said! Maybe this is also nature's way to teach us patience, hey? It seems to have been a harsh winter ... but hold on, hold out, summer will be with you again, dear Kendalee!
Sebrina - so true about not wanting to wish life away but still wanting Spring to come. I'm not very zen about it, but I do try.
Harper - winter's good, looooooonnnnggggg winter's so not good!!! I'm with you girl... enough already!
Linda Sue - so relieved to hear you've stepped away from the cheese grater! :) Amazing what a difference even a hint of sunshine can make, isn't it?
Heidi - that's the sum of it exactly - the waiting.... so hard! And harder when you can almost taste Spring but know there are still months to go before its properly sprung!
Suzanne - thank you! I have a soft spot for Camus too... brings to mind student days and looooong conversations about the meaning of life... :)
ELK - thank you! :) It's true that this park is a little bit of paradise in a very urban setting. I love it!
Claire - these things are definitely sent to teach us the lessons our hearts need to learn aren't they?! Patience not one I find easy but trying to just appreciate what it demands and still savour the moment. Some days it goes better than others. How 'bout you?
Denise - 'quiet hope and expectation'... I LOVE that! So true and beautifully put.
Anairam - holding on... These last few months are always the hardest I find. But the deepest dark comes before the dawn & all that... :)
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