The Temple of the Free Spirit

I saw this question on a forum while ago and it got the brain juices flowing, why do I celebrate the seasons?

I admire change, it is something I have not always invited into my life but now I embrace it as it comes. In celebrating change I feel more alive then ever before. At the peril of sounding horribly cliche, I will say: Life is full of moments, ones that make you laugh, ones that make you cry and ones that simply are. I would rather experience all those moments then know that I had just let them slip by. I want to appreciate what they have to teach me and how they can help me grow.