The season is changing. Long hot summer nights are beginning to fade into crisp peaceful autumn days. I have never been a summer girl. Summer is hot, long, and stressful. My favorite time of the year is when summer begins to fade, and autumn and winter come out to play. There is something about autumn and winter days that make my heart flutter. Maybe it’s the colder weather, the cozy nights, or perhaps it’s the holiday season with all its twinkling lights and joyful feelings. Maybe it is because I can finally snuggle up in my oversized jumpers by the fire with a Harry Potter novel by my side. Whatever the reason is, I know that I can relate to the colder months more. It’s quiet, shy, calm- all characteristics that I can relate to.
While scrolling through Pinterest, I found a quote about the changing seasons that inspired me to center my blog post around this idea. It says, “Remember that every season is not a growing season. Every season is not a harvest. There are seasons of watering, seasons of planting, seasons of pulling weeds, and fertilizing the ground. These are important seasons. They are times of testing where God is seeing what you’re made of. Are you going to keep a good attitude when you’re not making progress? Are you going to do the right thing when you’re not seeing growth? Have faith & patience” by Joel Osteen. This quote opened my mind up to be more open-minded and self-aware of my actions.
A terministic screen is a way one perceives language. My “terministic screen” is defined by my understanding of the word “season”. I have come to realize that everything we do or say is like a season of our lives. We speak differently as we grow older, whether that be because we learned new vocabulary or maybe even a new language, or that we simply change the style in which we speak or write. Everything we do in life is not permanent. When I look at a piece of writing, I interrupt it differently than you might. For example, when I look at the Osteen quote, I relate it to my life through my terministic screen. I interrupt the quote as a reflection on growing up because of the place I am in life right now.
Through my terministic screen, I would like to believe that I try to have a positive outlook on situations and that when I interpret a situation, I can see the potential in it no matter the circumstance.
I come from a Catholic family, so when the quote discusses difficulties as being God testing you, I felt as if I could deeply relate to it. In this “season” of my life, I have been turning to religion a lot to help guide me. So, whenever I read or do anything, I can often relate it to the idea of God. We all see the world through a pair of theoretical glasses that often get foggy, but I view these hard times as a test from God, and from these experiences, we can continue to grow.
By opening wide the doors
of our hearts we can broaden
our horizons.
quote from Pinterest
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