The first day of Spring

(here is a post i made offline on the 1st of September)

Today is the first day of spring. Spring, the season of new life, flowers, warmth after a long, cold and usually bleak series of months that can leave a person rather worn down. Oh the hope and joy that the sight of the blue skies bring to a wanderer on the first day of spring, the new warmth wrapping their backs in a welcoming hug. Yes, the first day of spring is optimistic, and surely a sign of a good day.

Today has been a good day. A good breakfast of muesli-turned-porridge with the fresh bursts of dried fruit started me off right. My morning simulation lab went so well; free of frustration and full of good restorations topped by an inspiring discussion in my class after. My bus driver home was pleasant and didn’t forget my stop! Yes today lived up to its reputation of being the first day of spring, leaving me hopeful for the future when my winter was so dark.

My winter was full of exams failed, stress, almost break-up breaks, cars breaking down and radios giving up the ghost. Indeed my winter was not the most pleasant. If it wasn’t something going wrong with uni, especially in my sim labs, it was something at home. Loud sex and used condoms from my housemate, arguments from the other housemate, issues with my car and even issues closer to my heart.

But now that the winter clouds have parted, I see the future as bright, full of sun, breeze and warmth. My good deeds done in past seasons will perhaps shine brightly on me in this new one. As my good person told me yesterday during my darkest hour before the dawn, what goes around comes around. So despite what horrible actions I must have made some time ago to cause such a horrible winter, my concerted effort in recent times to be good and positive, leave me feeling hopeful for what wonderful times are yet to come.

Perhaps it is just the weather and a change of seasons, or perhaps my winter really has ended. Regardless, on this first day of spring I am hopeful, happy, and full of the sun’s welcoming warmth.