It's the Hazel Season Again

It's the season of June again. The leaves are going after the winds. On the first day of January, the first day of the new year, I left the house. As I drove down the road in my car, I realized that the tired leaves were preparing to leave the trees. An alaturka Turkish art music song was playing on the car radio and I was quietly and deeply singing the song to myself. I feel this talismanic song to the depths of my soul: 

It's the season of June again, again the leaves will follow the winds, 

Again my crazy heart, again in this season, will suffer its anguish alone. 

Maybe you will come, then neither those leaves nor that wind, and neither I will be there, 

Again my crazy heart will suffer the frustration of this season alone!

There's the smell of fall and a little winter in the air. And there's some sadness around. There is sadness in late fall every year. The euphoria of the summer months that enlivens and invigorates us is gone. As the weather gradually cools down, first there is a change in nature, then in people. As nature loses its colors, people also lose their colors. The colorful clothes of that summer enter the wardrobe and are replaced by cold and pale colored clothes. It is as if man imitates nature. His soul also becomes dull. He gets a little sad and withdraws into himself. I don't know why this happens. I don't understand what there is to be sad about. 

For students, summer vacation ends and the return to school begins. For those who work, the sea, sun and beach are postponed until a year later. That's all! I prefer autumn to be called "Hazan", a Persian word, even though I am a fan of good Turkish and its magic words. 

Hazan Season "Hazan" and "Sadness" are so similar! It is as if they are twin brothers. Why do we feel sadness in the fall? Why does it create a perception in the human soul like a farewell, like an end? Yet every time, every season has a different beauty. Moreover, the existence of one increases the value of the other. When we experience one, we realize that we miss the other. When we are overwhelmed by the summer heat, don't we miss the cold when we pour the cold water over our heads, when we turn the air conditioner up to its cooling temperatures? Or how we crave a slice of watermelon in the middle of winter, let alone the sea, the sun, the beach! 

We need to grasp life well. For this, it is enough to look at nature. Because the secrets of life are hidden there. Nature experiences all seasons to the fullest. It tries to keep all living things alive, calm and unhurried. Without ever losing hope. It just surrenders to reality, that's all. Spring will come, everything will turn green. The trees will blossom. Then they will leaf out. When summer comes, they will bear their most beautiful fruits. 

Autumn is like taking stock of a year. The task is completed. Now it is time to gather energy for new flowers, new fruits. Nature is now on its annual vacation. It's time to shed its old leaves, like throwing away long nails and worn-out clothes. Then a long winter sleep begins. Then spring comes again! 

Just like the new season creations. Fresh flowers, the most fragrant. In the most eye-catching colors. Leaves in a thousand shades of green. With a brightness that even the best painter cannot capture. Doesn't autumn remind us how serious life is? Remember the story of the cicada and the ant. Don't we know that a whole life can't be spent with a lot of laying around? Doesn't life always tell us that we have to work hard to deserve a good vacation? 

We, employees, pensioners, tradesmen, employers, entrepreneurs, in other words, the whole business world knows that fall is the beginning of a new season. This is the case in almost all sectors. Imagine, the most watched television series, the most ambitious programs start in autumn. Cinemas and theaters open their curtains with new shows. The music industry comes to life. We hear new albums, new songs. Schools open in the fall. New creations related to clothing and fashion make their debut in the fall. 

Our work tempo, which decreases in the summer, increases in the fall. With the energy we store, we move towards the best jobs, new deals, new markets, new opportunities. It is the right time to grow ourselves and our business. We work, we always work so that the economy grows and our quality of life improves. We don't just work. We also think. Well, that is work too. In fact, the biggest work is thinking. What do we think about? Life, ourselves, our responsibilities, our experiences. Young people think about their summer loves, parents think about their children's school needs, expenses, winter preparations.

In fact, everything starts with the sun and ends with the sun. If there is sun, nature wakes up, if there is no sun, it falls asleep. Just like our soul. Our life energy is our sun. We need to find something to warm us up. This is love, passion, affection. Work, lover, children, life, hobbies. As long as you do not lack a warmth that will warm your soul. Believe me, when you never lose your life energy, you will see that all four seasons of your world are spring, summer. You will never surrender to June and Sadness.

Autumn is not an end. It is not the end of everything. It is only the end of spring. Besides, every ending is a new beginning. A new sentence begins after the period. Maybe a new opportunity is given to the penman to create a more beautiful sentence than the previous one. 

Maybe the incoming will be so beautiful that the outgoing will say "I'm glad he left". Just like in that beautiful saying: "Sometimes someone comes who makes you forget all those who have gone!" 

They say that autumn makes you think of death. That's why it is gloomy. Death, what is that? As the famous thinker Sipinoza said, "While I live, there is no death. When death comes, I will already be gone!" So there is no problem for any of us while we are living and breathing!

And man has found a solution for that too. Don't we almost all believe that a better world awaits us after death?

What did Aşık say: "After all, the end of winter is spring. This too comes, this too passes, never mind!" 

May the sun of your soul never go out, may it warm you and your world! I wish to meet again in the beautiful tomorrows of my beautiful country.