Spring is in the Air!
Spring is in the air! Not quite literally in Cape Town.
But this we are used to by now. Cold, miserable weather for 1 September. And, yes spring only officially arrives late in September.
1 September brings hope though. That winter will eventually end.
Even if that only happens after Christmas in the Mother City!
I love the idea of hope and renewal that September brings.
It reminds me of a few years ago when I thought I would never get over the only man who ever broke up with me.
Mind you, the total sum of the relationship lasted 3 whole months and consisted of bad poetry he said he wrote for me.
I was so young and stupid then.
Anyway, it took me a whole autumn and winter to get over the man.
More like getting over my bruised ego, in hindsight!
However one morning I arrived on Thibault Square in town, where I worked. There were these little green shoots sprouting on formerly leafless trees.
I felt then that sense of renewal within me as well.
My current circumstances are so different.
Being in love in winter is great. Being in love in spring is magical.
In fact the seasons hardly matter when everything feels new and exciting anyway.
But besides that, this spring i’m moving into a new office space. My job is getting more interesting. And I feel a sense of excitement about the future.
Whatever it might be.
Winter will be back eventually, but so will summer, autumn and spring.
Why can’t everyone just see that?
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