darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

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What do you mean with change? Who is affected? Why it happens? Where? Or, when? When exactly does something change?

The amount of sun light that you may receive throughout the year is a variable linked to seasonal development. If you start to observe this seasonal cycle at the beginning of the winter season, than the days -– that part of the day with daylight -- will increase every day, but only with a differential of seconds or minutes. Than, before the summer is even started the lengths of days start to shrink again. Maslow developed the theory of human motivation, more famous for the … “hierarchy of needs… often depicted as a pyramid of which the lowest level hold the most basic needs. Like animals we need to breathe, drink (water), rest and eat. But could you imagine an animal to feel sad because of an underexposure of daylight?

Now for the sake of understanding change you might wonder when, during this cycle of day light variations, is your mood affected. The amount of daylight we receive affects all of us, but we are able to adjust to this change. It are small changes that scale on a daily bases, but all of a sudden, we acknowledge the effect of autumn. People that are prone to the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are not able to adapt to these changes. For them "...the darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

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s -– that part of the day with daylight -- will increase every day, but only with a differential of seconds or minutes. Than, before the summer is even started the lengths of days start to shrink again. Maslow developed the theory of human motivation, more famous for the … “hierarchy of needs… often depicted as a pyramid of which the lowest level hold the most basic needs. Like animals we need to breathe, drink (water), rest and eat. But could you imagine an animal to feel sad because of an underexposure of daylight?

Now for the sake of understanding change you might wonder when, during this cycle of day light variations, is your mood affected. The amount of daylight we receive affects all of us, but we are able to adjust to this change. It are small changes that scale on a daily bases, but all of a sudden, we acknowledge the effect of autumn. People that are prone to the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are not able to adapt to these changes. For them "...the darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

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ich the lowest level hold the most basic needs. Like animals we need to breathe, drink (water), rest and eat. But could you imagine an animal to feel sad because of an underexposure of daylight?

Now for the sake of understanding change you might wonder when, during this cycle of day light variations, is your mood affected. The amount of daylight we receive affects all of us, but we are able to adjust to this change. It are small changes that scale on a daily bases, but all of a sudden, we acknowledge the effect of autumn. People that are prone to the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are not able to adapt to these changes. For them "...the darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

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. The amount of daylight we receive affects all of us, but we are able to adjust to this change. It are small changes that scale on a daily bases, but all of a sudden, we acknowledge the effect of autumn. People that are prone to the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are not able to adapt to these changes. For them "...the darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

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darker half of the year brings a heavy veil of sadness. They become depressed, listless, chronically fatigued, and their mood does not rebound until March, when the daylight extends to early evening." (http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm? articleID=000241B3-2975-132F- A8CA83414B7F0000&pageNumber=1)

If you are not prone to this disorder, you are able to adapt to these small changes. Then the question is; how do you do that? What is your tactic? Do you adjust to the fall of autumn by evaluating the previous ended summer and that you can do with a change... That you have had enough sunlight? ... That you can appreciate the value of each season?

This is probably why there are seasons (although not everywhere). Human culture has put order in the life around us, and seasons form part of this. It is our culture that provides a way to handle and confront the natural environment around us. Although you will not notice the difference in length of a single day on June 21st, 22nd or 23rd . we do celebrate the change on one specific day and we are able to prepare ourselves for the next season.

You can be prepared for a change, but still you do not know what you will feel like when the particular day “arrives.” At the moment it is hard (for those living in the northern hemisphere) to imagine the winter again, where you are all dressed up ...But all of a sudden, one day in October you may feel tired and depressed. Now you probably think, "that will not happen to me," but you cannot be sure.

Only prepared.

© 2006 Hans Bool