A four-compartment wooden box holds green buds, a peach, a red maple leaf and a frosted pine sprig.

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Henry David Thoreau

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The advice is to inhabit each season fully rather than waiting for a better one: breathe its air, drink its drink, eat its fruit. Yielding to what each time of year brings is presented as a form of wisdom, attentive and accepting.

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