BG 286 – Seasons
When the first humans experienced the first seasons, they must have been astonished.
That the world initially became so beautifully green, that flowers and blossoms appeared in all kinds of colors, that it then became wonderfully warm, that the birds began to sing with great delight, and that then all sorts of fruits began to grow in and out of the earth and on trees and shrubs, must have surprised them very pleasantly. Granted, they may have made a mistake now and then and eaten something that their stomachs couldn’t handle, but on the whole they must have been very happy with the nice weather and with this abundance of edibles that were simply given to them by nature.
When those same first people noticed that the last fruits were spoiling and they just managed to build up a stock of the good ones, when they felt the sun’s strength waning and saw the birds leave, when they saw that the green was slowly disappearing, that the once fresh leaves were changing color and falling from the trees, and that all the plants seemed to die rapidly, they must have been afraid that this was for good and that it meant the end of their world.
And then, when it also began to freeze and everything around them was covered by snow and ice, they must have retreated in fear into huts hastily built from branches and sods or into natural caves in the rocks. That was certainly no fun when …