It’s official. It is now spring, and the equinox has passed. The days are now longer than the nights and that pair of heavy gloves we wore on morning walks can put in storage. We still get waves of chilly weather, but in between have days when the jacket stays in the closet as the warm sunlight and mild breeze caress bare skin that has felt neither for months. The daffodils nod in the same breeze and the birds sing their courtship songs. And the smell! The fragrance of spring is a welcome respite to noses that have been too cold to notice any outdoor aromas since November.

Yet these are only the physical manifestations of the season. There are deeper psychological responses we almost universally recognize as occurring within ourselves. A sense of relief that the dreary winter is winding down…. a sense  of purpose….a sense of hope….a sense of renewal. It’s been a long, cold winter for most of us. Let’s make the most of this spring.