Times And Seasons: Accepting The Changes Of Each Period

Introduction: 

Welcome my friend, 

As the days pass by, we countdown to the yuletide season with some already peeping into the basement to assess the condition of their Christmas trees. 

For others it's ringing the office to confirm their annual leave as they seek ways to extend the holiday time spent with family and loved ones. 

One action after the other, we continue to make plans as a response to and in preparation of the responsibilities and activities that have become customary to the coming season.  

Away from the social season there's the weather and climate seasons whether it's winter and summer or rainfall and harmattan, with each of them requiring us to wear different outfits as we adapt to their respective atmospheric temperatures. 

For instance, the winter jacket you grabbed to keep warm in the cold, is the discomfort you don't want on a summer afternoon because the body has moved on from cold to hot and demanding we act accordingly. 

In both social and climatic seasons our awareness and sensitivity allows us to react and adapt to each seamlessly.

However, it's in understanding seasons as it concerns the different circumstances that come up in our lives, that we begin to look lost and out of depth, which is why we'd be having this conversation today. 

Discussion:

The seasons of life will include the good times, when our sales dashboard hits “sold out” and the bad times when a production error costs us the bulk of our capital. 

There'll also, the time of a new entry and that of mastery when yesterday's student is today's master. 

The time of conception and one for birth with a mandatory seven to nine (7 - 9) months developmental stage in between. 

Whatever it is, as time moves, seasons change and it's only in understanding this that we're able to live through each period with the right mindset, already anticipating it's arrival, demands and eventual end to usher in the next season. 

Simply put, the realization that just like we need different kinds of clothing for winter and summer, we'll still need to ‘wear’ the matching attitude for each season of our lives: bountiful or lack, planting or harvest. 

■ Recognising The Demands Of The Season 

While adjustments in atmospheric temperature is a simple indicator of weather change that alerts us to suitable clothing, how do we tell when our lives have moved into another season? 

If we're used to moving around in the sunny days of life, how do we know when it's raining and how to get an umbrella or stay home?

Many times we're unable to respond correctly to a season because we're not even aware we're in it because of its intangibility. 

While adversity in terms of death of a loved one, financial struggle or loss of properties are easily noticeable and quantified what about when we've simply lost joy in our relationship without knowing why? 

The time when aging or other health challenges require us to drop some of our best diet to adopt new ones that are not as tasty and appealing. 

When taking the same risks we took as boys and girls have become foolish things to do as men and women that now have the responsibility of our children that depend on us. 

What about the time when our systems no longer yield the same high results or inflation has eroded our salary that we can no longer handle our bills with ease?

This is the time for leveling up, to upskill, to: learn more, know more, do more and earn more. 

Day by day, we see that lives changing seasons are ever upon us and recognising these changes is how we're able to confront them. 

■ Consequences Of The Wrong Wear 

If you dared put on a sleeveless shirt in the freezing temperature of winter, your body would bear the repercussions. 

It's the same when we fail to embrace the right attitude for a particular season. 

For the spouse that is no longer feeling the relationship because it's going through that rough period where there are now more fights than smiles, its a season of patience, honest communication, and intentional intimacy. 

To understand, if our partner has really changed or if we're the ones having unrealistic expectations of wanting them to do and be the same person they were fifteen (15) years ago when they were much younger, with less responsibilities and a different body.

For young people building their lives and businesses from scratch, it's a season of separation, isolation and discipline. 

To be able to remain consistent without distractions. 

Knowing the season of sowing and reaping allows us to recognise our capital and to use it for investing in ourselves and other profitable ventures rather than lavish it in a life of show-off or living above our means.

Also, our flexibility in accepting new technology and systems when our old one is no longer compliant will see our businesses thrive in this ever evolving times. 

■ Summary: 

Although, times and seasons vary, the only constant thing is God's love for us which remains unshakable. 

The awareness of tomorrow's uncertainty is the reason we live in anxiety, doubt and fear: bothered by the thought of what can go wrong.  

Trust in God allows us to live with confidence knowing that with him even bad seasons come to test, build and strengthen our faith rather than destroy us. 

Lastly, there's a time for everything and in due season we shall reap the reward for all our efforts. 

Master Apprentice.

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