Growth, change and new beginnings
Overnight, my tub of coconut oil has changed from a liquid to a more solid state. It feels like Spring was just yesterday and now, Summer is already over. I can feel a change in the air. The cooler mornings, the earlier sunsets. Summer has been filled with so much warmth, hot beach days, and swimming. Personally, I’m ready for the coziness of Autumn and Winter.
I used to dread Winter… The thought of waking up in the dark and wearing so many layers. Trying to get the kids ready for school when they were just not keen to leave their warm beds. But do we truly appreciate the warmth of summer if we don’t experience the cold of winter. So, I made a point of noticing the glimmers that winter had to offer. The coziness of my gown. The way the garden looks so lush after a few rainy days. Delicious soups and stews. Staying in with the family and enjoying hot chocolate and a good movie.
Winter is a time for more rest, deep reflection and renewal. Then Spring, oh beautiful Spring, is like waking up from a long hibernation. When the flowers are in full bloom, wherever you turn. Spring feels like a reset, a new canvas, with so many possibilities.
How apt and beautiful are these lyrics by Fleet Foxes - I'm Not My Season
"Though I liked summer light on you
If we ride a winter-long wind
Well, time's not what I belong to
And I'm not the season I'm in"
Nature has so much to teach us. Just as the world around us moves through spring, summer, autumn and winter, our lives move through seasons of change too. Busy seasons, sad seasons and phases of growth and curiosity. Perhaps you are in your Survival Season, or in your Reinvention Era. Right now, I’m definitely in soul-searching mode – looking for more purpose and creativity. It’s a very restless and uncertain time indeed.
I’ve read that the following signs may indicate that you are entering a new season:
- You may feel drawn to something new.
- Things that once excited you now feel heavy.
- You start questioning old routines.
- You crave simplicity or meaning
At some point in life, many of us begin to feel a quiet shift. The things that once seemed certain may start to feel less clear, and new questions begin to surface: Is this the life I want? What comes next?
This experience isn’t unusual. In fact, many thinkers and researchers have described life as unfolding in stages or seasons. Personal development teacher Jim Rohn compared life to the changing seasons of nature — a time for planting, working, harvesting, and reflecting — in his book The Seasons of Life.
Psychologist Daniel Levinson also explored this idea in his theory of adult development, suggesting that our lives move through predictable transitions, including a powerful midlife shift where many people re-evaluate their direction and purpose.
More recently, writers like Arthur C. Brooks, author of From Strength to Strength, have described how the second half of life often brings a different kind of success — one that focuses less on achievement and more on meaning, wisdom, and fulfillment.
Seen this way, the uncertainty we sometimes feel isn’t a crisis at all. It may simply be a sign that we are moving into a new season of life.
Life is certainly not linear. It moves in seasons. Some are bright and busy; others are quiet and reflective. But each one carries the seeds of the next chapter.