Spring-ish Observations

While the snow is beginning to melt and some plants are starting to sprout, lately, I have also noticed a lot of hostility in the air. Initially, I thought this was due to me, my presence was causing the people around me to fight. I understand, all too well, that Spring can be a stressful time for students, but adults who are no longer in school have also been reacting this way. Even people who have been happy together for decades have begun to bicker in front of me. Perhaps I have been sending off some kind of negative energy that everyone is feeding off of. However, the more I witnessed it, the more I began to realize that I, this one little person, could not seriously have such a cosmic effect on all the relationships around me. Could I?

Maybe, for some reason, it is only now that I have become aware of these tiffs. Was I simply disillusioned before now into believing truly happy relationships existed and ignored these arguments like a naive child? Longing for goodness, could I only see happiness for the ones around me? I have always avoided conflict. Then why can I see it now? What has changed in me? Is this a sign that I am growing up once again and coming to the realization that there is really no such thing as "happily ever after"?

Perhaps it is a response to nature, and not related to me specifically at all. Do people, like Spring itself, go in like a lion and out like a lamb? After a long, cold, and closed in winter, do we become edgier and more sensitive before enjoying the renewal of life and love that Spring has to offer? Is this selfishness a ramification of pent up energies from all Winter long?


Does anyone else have an explanation for these events?
Whatever the reason, I can't help but wonder.... we might all get through this a little easier if we just thought for a moment before we acted and before we spoke, and if we examined the question "Will hurting someone else make us feel better?"