I’m lucky to live in a country with four different seasons. I couldn’t live in a country where it’s summer all the time. I need cold and darkness. And snow. Some Finns complain about the cold and the darkness, so they go abroad. Especially older people. But I don’t mind it. After darkness, there is light. Summer comes every year, sooner or later.
What’s good about seasons is that you never know what the weather will be like. In Finland, the weather changes quickly. First it’s sunny, but then the rain comes. The weather forecast doesn’t always matter. They could have said the day would be sunny, but that doesn’t mean it will.
The weather changes wherever you are. If you’re in the North, it can be colder there than in the South of Finland. In the North, winter arrives faster than in the South. Finland might be a small country, but it’s still pretty big when it comes to weather.
The video below shows four seasons, all filmed in the same place. Summer, Spring, Autumn and Winter.
Canva lets you create a video from a photo. But apparently, there is a monthly limit on this AI-generated tool. A shame because it’s fun to use. I hope the GIF works for you.
I tested the tool with a photo I took of colorful Autumn leaves some years ago. The image suits this season, where you can see nature’scolors.
When someone says the word “success,” it reminds me that I have not had much of it. I don’t remember them. I don’t really know what that means.
I only remember negative things. I haven’t had success with friends, my career, or the things people usually do. But I don’t need to. I want to be different. For me, success is in small things. Such as.
I learned a lot, and I’ve experienced things that some people haven’t. And I mean good things. For example, I know how they make movies. I’ve studied screenplay writing, and we filmed a movie scene from the scripts we wrote. There was no time for mine, but it was fun to film.
I succeeded in not falling into bad habits like drinking alcohol, smoking, and doing drugs. I haven’t seen a point in it.
I succeeded in learning English. I know more English than I did when I first learned it. I was in 3rd or 4th grade. It was then that we began to learn English in Finland.
I succeeded in traveling with my parents. So far, I’ve been in at least 13 or 14 countries. All in Europe. Now that they have passed away, I go alone. But traveling is expensive, so I’ve only been on cruises to Stockholm. After my dad passed away two years ago, I went to Stockholm overnight. It was the first time I’d traveled abroad alone. The last time I went was on my birthday, June 2. Some people never go anywhere, like my next-door neighbors. Poor kids who never see the world. Not even the city they live in.
I succeeded in finding an occupation that I was looking for. It took years, and when I finally did, I didn’t get a job. No clients to start a business. And no money is coming in.
I succeeded in going to live concerts. When I was younger, I never went to concerts. I didn’t want to go into crowds. But then in 2017, I went to see Robbie Williams. And after that, I got the bug to go to concerts. My dream is to go abroad to see a concert, but I don’t have the money. Duran Duran is in Stockholm in the Autumn, but that will remain a dream.
Small successes like that. But success that other people might think is. A good job, a family, or fame and fortune. If you have no respect for others, including those who are different. Think you’re above others because you have it better than they do; success doesn’t matter.
Even if you don’t have big successes, small ones should be enough.
