The Japanese have a word for this, it's called wabi-sabi. It means the appreciation of the transient and fleeting. Like cherry blossoms. You can't keep them on the trees. You appreciate them for a few days to a few weeks, and then they are gone for another year.

Wabi-sabi teaches us to be present in the now. To appreciate the fleeting moment to the full when it happens, not live in the anticipation of its ending.

The fact that these beautiful moments are fleeting, is part of what makes them so poignant. Would you appreciate strawberries so much if you could have them every day of the year? In my country strawberries are abundant in supermarkets, I have them every day, and I take them for granted.

Jacaranda trees are my favourite trees, I see their blossoms this year with a sense of wabi-sabi, knowing this may be the last year I see them bloom for a long time as I may be moving overseas next year.

It's sad, but beautiful too.