1. Youth is Like Spring

Everybody likes spring. Winter and spring are very different from each other. Spring, summer and autumn are very naturally connected. But winter and spring are very different from each other. That's why the changes in our heart and our life remind us of the transition time between winter and spring. When the spring comes you can see nature sprout. We say that spring is the time when the whole creation is changing. Also when the seasons are changing we can see seasonal birds migrating. Also, we can see the flowers start blooming in the spring.

I think that in the spring each being in the creation is displaying its best qualities. Looking at what is happening around us in the spring, a desire wells up deep in our hearts to follow the example of nature. When spring comes, we may simply think, "Spring came and it's very nice;" but it is much better to think that before this it already had to go through a hard time with the other seasons. In the same way, if we look at the whole year we can see that, together with the seasons, everything else is also changing. Therefore, not only nature has this potential to change, but everything else too. Even in one day we can see something similar to the change of the seasons. We can imagine that morning represents spring, daytime summer, evening autumn and the night winter. If you ask people which they prefer, morning or evening, most people will say they prefer morning. Why is that?

In the night everything is covered by darkness, but when we greet the morning, it has already passed through the period of renewal and our feeling about it is more sweet and stimulating. If someone looks cheerful in the morning, this morning mood can make a difference throughout his whole day. Therefore, a good mood in the morning gives a good mood to the whole day. When we wake up in the morning after a good rest, we naturally have a nice mood.