At this time of year when the snow is starting to melt, we get eager for spring. We look forward to the end of the dreary winter and can hardly wait for the snow to melt. Those who are outdoor enthusiasts throw themselves into outdoor snow activities- downhill skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing.  They are calculating the number of times they can enjoy the snow before it is gone. The weather is finally amenable to being outside without freezing. The gardeners start to plot the garden, dreaming of this year’s planting and just how soon they can get out into the dirt to muck about. Looking at seed catalogues, starting new seedlings in little paper pots- visions of how they will look in just the right spot. Some  people are already  planning  vacations in exotic places, looking forward to escaping from this place and this time. The year’s seasons rush by all too quickly as we impatiently wait for each one.  Spring, summer, fall, winter. Seasons rush by quickly in a lifetime too. It seems we are babies for a very short time, toddlers for a while, teenagers briefly, 20 something even more briefly, 30’s and 40’s and 50’s and 60’s slip away just as quickly as the passing of the seasons. One day you wake up and realize that anticipating your future has delivered it to you.  The turn of the seasons now has you calculating how many times you ached for the end of winter and the return of spring, how many days and years you spent in waiting for something to happen, for something to change, for something to come and how much of your life you wished away planning for some great moment.  What is it within us that seeks the moments in the future, not recognizing that this moment is a moment worth living.This moment is a great moment. What are you doing right now? Spring is happening  this very moment within yourself. Our life is created by our imaginings. Imagine that this is the moment that you have been waiting for