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September

by Jarkko on September 3, 2010 · 0 comments

It’s the first week of autumn. Rain falls down, and I finally gave up my summer shorts and sandals a couple of days ago.

September is a curious month: it’s sad to accept that the summer you waited for so long is over, yet the month is full of excitement for what lies ahead — like a mini new year. School starts for those studying, and we realize that there is only four more months left of this year. So we go back to our plans to see if we’ve made it or not, hoping still to be able to make the most out of the remaining months.

This is how much an arbitrary idea such as the time it takes the earth to go a full circle around the sun shapes our thoughts and actions.
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