Seasons

There are seasons in our lives. Just like the seasons that come and go. Some are refreshing, some are tolerable, like the beginning of summer, and some appear to be good at first, like spring, but with it comes the endless pollen and allergies and daily dose of anti-histamines; and so, ends with a lot of challenges, mentally, emotionally and physically. It seizes us, cripples our progress, and hinders our path, ambitions, goals and work.

A year ago, last summer to be exact, my scholarship ended, I caught covid, my thesis was incomplete, and my student housing contract was about to end, and so was my visa. 

It was a season of uncertainties. Financially, academically, and socially. I was so stressed and frantically looking for a new place, emailing the universities for funding, and looking for a job at the university, that I had no time to study, let alone think about my thesis for almost three months. And yet, like every season, this season of uncertainty eventually came to an end. I got another place to live, I got a job, and my studies and visa got extended, I even signed up for a new course on campus, and by fall, everything had fallen into place again. 

The year before that, the pandemic year (2020) personally for me was a year of abundance and miracles. I witnessed a season of new opportunities, financial stability and overflow, new experiences, and a new country. However, this season of abundance did not last for long. 

And soon after that, a season of uncertainty, (2021). But that also did not last for long, and like every good thing that comes to an end, the bad also does. 

This summer, (2022), I am about to face another season of uncertainty, but now with my thesis over, and only one more academic course to complete enough savings, and even though my job and the future academic prospect is yet again, uncertain, this time, I am not frantic, nor fearful. Somehow, facing the unknown is not so fearful or stressful. Perhaps because I look back and remind myself that the abundance, the lack, the failures, and the success do not last forever, and maybe that's a good thing. 

" He has shown you O mortal what is good..." Micah 6:8.