Since time immemorial we have been fascinated by the way seasons change in nature, and in human life; we seem to see the parallels:
Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.
– Yoko Ono
It then makes sense that to be happy overall, one needs to appreciate all stages of life and not just one’s youth:
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
-George Santayana
Contrarily, having a light-hearted- summery- attitude might help you whatever season you are at!
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
– Albert Camus
And why to be wary of winter, anyway? It seems to be full of love:
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again”.
-Lewis Carroll
On the other hand, one Greek man with his glass half empty, seems to intimate that even a winter of love might not help:
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
– Aristotle
The glass half full Roman offers happiness formula, though:
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
– Marcus Aurelius