Cross Balance

Four seasons of life

As we end this strictly secular view of temperaments,
I am tempted to go a bit wild,
and suggest that  life histories, both human and natural,
might reflect the spectra of temperaments.  
As we grow older, perhaps we go through this sequence:
as children we observe and take in facts;
as adolescents we peak in our creativity and expression;
as we mature we get on with doing things and achieving;
and as we grow old we reflect and become wise.

These seasons of our life are mirrored in nature and its colours each year
 – the bright green of new growth;
the yellow of flowers;
 the reds as leaves mature;
and the blue sky showing through the network of leafless branches
as winter approaches.