UNDERSTANDING SEASONS OF LIFE

Sir,

Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are the bedrock of a successful and significant life. There’s always a right time for everything in life and everything has its season of manifestation.

All of us have visions and dreams and we want to see them come to pass. However, we must understand that every living thing passes through times and seasons of change. Some of these seasons are easy and nice, but others will be hard and very difficult.

Vision, just like life, begins with a seed. Immediately we are conceived in our mother’s womb, a human growth cycle is actually set in motion. The cycle is set apart into specific stages much like seasons. The zygote becomes an embryo and then it becomes a foetus.

Every stage of growth is governed and characterised by distinct changes until the foetus riches a required level of maturity and is then ready to be birthed. All stages of life are characterized by change. Every vision or dream will go through the process of time and seasons in order to mature for full manifestation.
Change can sometimes be upsetting and disquieting because it usually stretches the boundaries of our comfort zones. We need to learn to adapt to seasonal changes if we want to see our dreams come to pass.

Sometimes we become so impatient with the process that leads to a successful and meaningful life because we want to arrive at the place of full realization of the vision right now, today.
Usually when we discover our visions, we are not ready in terms of character. Winter seasons of life are opportunities that God gives us to build character and a stable attitude.

Winter

The winter season is a cold time of the year, and everything is usually bleak. The leaves turn brown and fall to the ground; animals go into hibernation. Plants begin to actually die, water may freeze depending on the temperature and fish go downstream.

The winter season is like a wilderness experience. It’s when things everywhere in our lives seem to be going wrong. This is the time that we need to exercise patience, persistence and endurance.

In winter things look dead and everything around us seems not to be growing; finances, relationships, profession etc. Do not despair, vision requires that we pass through the process of character building.
When people you thought are your friends begin to criticise, accuse and question what you are all about, just take it in patiently; it is part of the stages of the process to make you a better person.

In order to see a vision come to pass we must understand that every vision will go through winter seasons and we must learn to endure hardships to see the light of our vision.

When we find ourselves in unfavourable conditions, we must persevere. We must be persistent and refuse to stop. We must continue moving forward towards the realization of the dream.

Winter is just a season, it will pass. If we embrace the winning attitude and mentality we will outlast the winter seasons of life.
When the burdens seem unbearable, the crisis uncontrollable, the demand of life seems unreasonable, the pitfalls seem unavoidable and the enemy seems unconquerable; don’t quit, spring is coming, the sun will shine again. Your vision could be that which will make a difference in your family, community and nation.

Charles

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