Living Life to the Seasons: Learning From Nature

Nature has a lot to teach us. Think about what each season represents. Then followed by Spring which is when everything starts to bloom. Weather starts to turn warm and the day gets longer. Summer is when it is really warm and when we can harvest crops and food is plentiful. 

But then we get the Autumn, the weather turns slightly colder, the leaves start to turn. And then we have the Winter which is cold and dark, it’s death and where nothing grows. The days are short. And I might add, this is when it’s hard to be outside at all and also when starvation used to happen often in olden times. But if we can survive, we go back into the cycle of Spring and bloom and the inevitable summer of prosperity. The cycles are valuable because you only really appreciate the spring and summer after you go through the winter. And if you are too hedonistic during the summer, winter becomes a painful lesson for you. 

Do we put aside enough during spring and summer so we can survive the winter? Or do we fritter this away, or indulge without thinking of the future? With the consequence of starvation and suffering. You only learn by going through these cycles a few times. 

Kind of life in general. It’s also a good reflection of how countries and empires rise and fall. It's a reflection of business and companies and our own careers. There is probably some larger lesson in this. 

Good times don’t last, but neither do hard times. Life and the economy is cyclical. So don’t get too arrogant, overconfident or cocky when you are on the rise. But don’t get too depressed when you are laid low. Just grind and survive. The cycle, like the seasons, always turns eventually.