Anne Shirley, and eventually Anne Blythe, of "Green Gables" is the fiery redhead with the dreamy eyes that we have all come to love. Anne always has a very unique way of looking at life, and her views on Spring are no different. As we slowly enter into spring, join me and Anne Shirley in our appreciation of this beautiful season.
"Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.”
"That is one good thing about this world...there are always sure to be more springs.”
"Winter was over and gone with the thrill of delight that spring never fails to bring to the oldest and saddest as well as to the youngest and merriest."
"Everything is new in the spring.... Springs themselves are always so new, too. No spring is ever just like any other spring. It always has something of its own to be its own peculiar sweetness."
"The year is a book, isn’t it, Marilla? Spring’s pages are written in Mayflowers and violets, summer’s in roses, autumn’s in red maple leaves, and winter in holly and evergreen."
"You had to let the old go and take the new to your heart...learn to love it and then let it go in turn. Spring, lovely as it was, must yield to summer and summer lose itself in autumn. The birth...the bridal...the death..."
As the air becomes warmer and sweeter, enjoy this season of beauty and freshness. When life becomes too hard, just take a step outside and learn to appreciate the world around you, just like Anne would do.
