Letter From the Director

Director’s Message – May-June 2024

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

 May and June… the two, lovely months of late spring/early summer. Sandwiched between; the hot days of summer and the emergence of life in early spring, we are treated to the joys of this temperate and beautiful time of year. We are lucky to live in New England where all the seasons can display their charms in full. Yes, I know, some of us must deal with seasonal allergies, and the possibility for more rain and yard work than we’d care to deal with... But the lovely flowers, bird songs, warm breezes and longer days more than make up for the sneezing and muddy shoes.

The duality of spring gives us an opportunity to reflect on how our perspective, what we think and feel about things and how we filter information, affects our experience of the world. Let’s take “spring rain” for example. Rainy days can certainly be; dreary, dark, often colder and definitely “more messy”. Folks feel less inclined to want to be out in the world and more tempted to sleep-in when it’s cold and wet outside. Some studies have shown that people can even feel more “down” as our bodies tend to produce less serotonin on rainy days. But without rain? Without water? Where would life be?

While it is true that too much water can be a destructive and dangerous force - water is also a universal representation of life itself since no living animal or plant can survive without it. Water rejuvenates the sleeping, frozen ground and the plants whose roots draw it in. It has the power to transform a dry brown landscape to a verdant field, bursting with life. This spring as we enjoy both the sun-filled and the rain-filled days - may you find ways to: renew your energy and grow, soak in the refreshing rain, reach for the bright, shiny moments and enjoy the abundant beauty that surrounds all of us.

Dance between the raindrops,– Lisa

Lisa S. Borchetta, Director – Holliston Senior Center