Fall 🍃🍂🍁
Fall is a season most people in Michigan look forward to. I personally love the changing colors of the leaves, the cider and donuts, the colorful pumpkins and fall flowers that all come along with the cooler temperatures...but most of my life, even with an enjoyment of the aforementioned things, I have not looked forward to fall because it meant that winter was on its way and freezing cold temperatures would be here before we know it. It ruined fall for me because all I could think about was the dreary cold that would force its way into my life.
But this year, I was ready for fall; and not just for the donuts and cider. I needed change. I needed a reminder that seasons come and go, and that leaves die and fall to the earth's floor so the tree can rest and replenish and burst with colorful flowers and leaves again in the spring. Change is natural. Seasons are natural. It's the ebb and flow of life - life, death, rest, regeneration, rebirth, new life. And so the cycle goes, in nature and in our own lives.
There is a group of trees in our neighborhood that I walk by several times a week as I take our dog for a walk. I never noticed them during the summer, but as soon as the colors changed I couldn't help but notice every single time we walked past. These trees made me realize how much I needed this autumn season.
How beautiful of a reminder the fall leaves are, that seasons change, and even with death there will be yet another season change that will eventually lead to new life. Even winter doesn't sound so bad to me this year...I mean, of course, I hate the cold cold weather, icy roads, and lack of sunshine, but there is something about even the coming winter that gives me a sense of peace knowing that it is yet another season where things change and have a chance to rest before something new and full of life takes its place.
I don't know about you, but I need this reminder. I need it deep in my soul.
In a time where I feel like I'm a leaf falling off a tree, it's so good to remember that this can be a good and natural thing.
I look forward to the new life and growth that is to come, but for now I'm going to try and rest in the slow and gentle fall, and even as the winds whip and howl, I know this is not the end, but a season.
But this year, I was ready for fall; and not just for the donuts and cider. I needed change. I needed a reminder that seasons come and go, and that leaves die and fall to the earth's floor so the tree can rest and replenish and burst with colorful flowers and leaves again in the spring. Change is natural. Seasons are natural. It's the ebb and flow of life - life, death, rest, regeneration, rebirth, new life. And so the cycle goes, in nature and in our own lives.
There is a group of trees in our neighborhood that I walk by several times a week as I take our dog for a walk. I never noticed them during the summer, but as soon as the colors changed I couldn't help but notice every single time we walked past. These trees made me realize how much I needed this autumn season.
How beautiful of a reminder the fall leaves are, that seasons change, and even with death there will be yet another season change that will eventually lead to new life. Even winter doesn't sound so bad to me this year...I mean, of course, I hate the cold cold weather, icy roads, and lack of sunshine, but there is something about even the coming winter that gives me a sense of peace knowing that it is yet another season where things change and have a chance to rest before something new and full of life takes its place.
I don't know about you, but I need this reminder. I need it deep in my soul.
In a time where I feel like I'm a leaf falling off a tree, it's so good to remember that this can be a good and natural thing.
I look forward to the new life and growth that is to come, but for now I'm going to try and rest in the slow and gentle fall, and even as the winds whip and howl, I know this is not the end, but a season.
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