The title of a book recently came to my mind, "The Winter of Our Discontent", by one of my favorite American authors - John Steinbeck. My reflection is not connected to the novel's plot because such title (inspired by Shakespeare) already suggests the core drama. What I wonder about are the highs and lows that take place in our lives. A clear pattern is visible - a pattern that is reflected also in History and Nature. Winter means 'cold', discontent refers to a feeling of 'un-fulfillment' that most (probably all) human beings have an experience of. A time comes in your life when you are dissatisfied with what you have, with who you are, with what you are doing, with what you have or haven't achieved. But, as winter moves on into spring - according to natural laws - you, too, after allowing your negative feelings to manifest, can move up towards a new "high" because you, too, are part of the "natural" unfoldment.
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