Today marks the start of spring – and after a cold Midwest winter no one is more excited than I am – and to mark the new season I wanted to share a poem from an upcoming poetry collection.
I wrote “A New Season” as I embarked on a new season of my own life last year.
When we are young, there are first kisses and first experiences, those first shared moments that leave us surprised and overwhelmed.
But butterflies are not just for the young. I don’t speak just of myself but of other people I know who found a renewed spring come along in middle age or even later.
Even after a failed marriage or relationship, we can find fresh love and fresh hope again. Even when everything we had built has proven not to be the right thing, we can have a fresh start with new adventures, new excitement. And maybe they are even better, as we embrace those fresh starts with a wisdom and appreciation we couldn’t have had when we were young
I am grateful that despite my promotion into middle age (which some say is from age 36 to 55), I still have a young heart, I still have a sense of adventure, I’m still quick to laugh and still happy to embrace life with open arms. I’m grateful for new love, new dreams and for butterflies.
One of the bravest things you can do is to live a life that’s different from what others expect of you.
Erica Layne
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