Seasonal changes bring us reminders of new and old things

All the things that we welcome with each new season are the same things we long to see go away by the end of the season. As the heat of summer leaves us, so do the mosquitos and the monsoon rains. The long days are not long anymore. The trail of ants is shortening. The clouds of yellow butterflies I see where I live have now disappeared.

For weeks we’ve been complaining. We prayed for rain and then prayed for it to not come all at once. We welcomed the sun and on some days we told each other that it was just too hot outside. That’s what people do. We want something, and then when we get it we wonder why it came the way it did and why it stuck around for too long.

And now that the mornings are colder and the nights longer, there will be those of us looking forward to sweater weather, and others will travel with portable heaters. Personally, I like the cold days, and I’ve been looking forward to not-so-hot days.

Of course, I say that at the beginning of what may look like an early winter. By December, I’ll be singing a different tune because that’s what people do.

The changing of seasons gives us more reasons to complain and to celebrate. It also provides us with a chance to do things that come with the new season. Little things like putting on that old coat you haven’t…