{"id":155,"date":"2025-09-22T03:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2025-09-22T05:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:21:03","slug":"what-the-four-seasons-teaches-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"What the Four Seasons Teaches Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spring<\/strong>&nbsp;teaches us about new beginnings. I like fresh starts. Just as flowers bloom and trees regain their leaves, and the grass greens up, we too can embrace renewal and fresh starts. It\u2019s a reminder that growth often follows the hardest winters of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer<\/strong>&nbsp;reminds us to live fully at our best. With its long days, warm nights, and endless activity, it encourages us to enjoy the present moment, soak in the sunshine, and make memories that will carry us through colder times. Beach time and lemonade anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruNmzu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54803518006_0ea582f7e0.jpg\" alt=\"photo-collage\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Autumn<\/strong>&nbsp;shows us the beauty of change. As the leaves turn vibrant shades and eventually fall, we\u2019re reminded that letting go is part of life\u2019s cycle. Letting go is the hard part, but there is favor in release, and even in endings, there is color and beauty. I believe the end of a thing is better than the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winter<\/strong>&nbsp;teaches us to rest. I need lots of it. The stillness of the season encourages reflection, quiet, and gathering close with loved ones. Time to get in front of a warm fireplace and drink some hot cocoa. It\u2019s a reminder that slowing down isn\u2019t wasted time, it\u2019s necessary for renewal, preparing us for the spring to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Four Seasons by LimeBoom\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F324365355&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\">https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring&nbsp;teaches us about new beginnings. I like fresh starts. Just as flowers bloom and trees regain their leaves, and the grass greens up, we too can embrace renewal and fresh starts. It\u2019s a reminder that growth often follows the hardest winters of our lives. Summer&nbsp;reminds us to live fully at our best. With its long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21,19],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-assignments","tag-visual-assignment1701","tag-visual-assignments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}