The groundhog predicted an early spring for this year. As I look out my window, I can confirm that the spring will come early. Dandelions dot my yard. Dandelions only show up in mild temperatures indicative of spring. It has been a mild week for temperatures in the dead center of winter - 80s last week, 70s this week. So, seeing dandelions makes me know that the trees will be ready to bloom in about a month. I know this because the round head of soft fuzz replacing the dandelion after its flower is gone, is ready for a strong wind to spread the dandelions across my yard to neighbors' yards. This means that February will have one or two cold spells of slightly under freezing, but after that, the winds of March will be ushering in the spring weather.
Because of an early spring, then the usual "April showers bringing May flowers" will not occur. Rain events will be split between March and June. It's all about watching signs and having gone through the cycle before.
Life offers its set of patterns also. A book from the 1980s called Passages helped me see these patterns. That is not to say that life is predictable. It is to say that large patterns tend to guide people through the decades of their lives. For the people going through the decade, everything happens fresh and new as if they are the first to ever experience life in their own unique ways. While that is true on a day-to-day basis, a larger pattern follows certain guideposts.
So, I am going to sit back, enjoy the spring when it strikes early, and enjoy my life knowing what the big picture is about to bring.
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