Some Seasons Moreso than Others

In the Spring of my life I was probably more fun than I am now.
In the Summer of my life I was probably more cool than I am now.
In the Autumn of my life...whoa, that's the struggle, I think: am I now in the Autumn or the Winter of my life?

If you were to divide up an eighty-year-long life (let's just use that as an example...actually, I think I am very close to the end of the expected life-span for a non-smoking, white male born in the midwest in 1945), the four seasons of that life would each be twenty years long. Using that method, I would now be in the Winter, not the Autumn, of my life!

But there are other ways you could speak about the seasons of your life...it could be divided into health-seasons, wisdom-seasons, financial seasons, faith seasons, relationship seasons, etc. Or, you could just use any old random method that seems to fit.

I think the Spring of my life lasted from 1945 to 1963ish (18 years).
I think the Summer of my life lasted from 1963ish to 1987ish (24 years).
I believe I am now in the Autumn of my life and that this will last until 2017ish (30 years).
If the life-span calculators are correct, the Winter of my life will last from 2017ish to 2022 (5 years).

Now, using the random method I have chosen above...and it just happened to fit a pattern (I chose those dates for some very specific personal-life reasons, not related to a pattern or formula of any kind): My Summer lasted 6 years longer than my Spring; my Autumn will last 6 years longer than my Summer; and it could be argued that my Winter should last 6 years longer than my Autumn...meaning I would be drawing breath and Social Security until the year 2053, and the age of 108! The chances of that are "not much!"

Well, whatever the Season of life you or I are in, it probably is important for each of us to:
*Have some fun...
*Enjoy family and friends...
*Grow in wisdom and grace...
*Learn something new each day...
*Deepen the faith we profess...
*Be kind to one another...

...And in the end (wow! that's a powerful word to use in a blog like this), leave more behind than we have used-up along the way.