Breaking Our Fall

4 Season Tree

Though the calendar on the wall doesn't say it is yet Fall, one can sure feel it in the air.

I remember when I was younger I always loved Spring the most. It was vibrant and exciting and fresh and so full of life. It seemed to mimic how I was feeling! As for winter, I will admit, it isn't one of my favorite seasons. But there are absolutely gorgeous winter days when the sky is as blue as an Easter egg and the snow sparkles like silver glitter. Those brisk, refreshing days have a purpose too.

Fall however to me feels softer and and almost gentle...it makes me pensive and more quiet. It's neither too hot, or too cool. It's like the nursery tale, "just right."  I feel like the season is telling me that it's ok to slow down, take my time and relish nature.

It is a special time of the year as trees transform, and their leaves begin to turn a russet gold. It's almost magical how they they can be green one day and over the next few days you can see them change to a different hue and shade. The leaves are at their most beautiful just before they drop off of the trees to be swept away by wind currents, or bagged up and taken away. I guess that's kind of how life is. We start out "green," but as we mature, hopefully we learn more about how we fit into life and learn more of what is expected of us. And, if lucky enough, we reach our golden years to examine more carefully our lives and try to do better before it's time to leave it all behind.

It's good to see the kids getting ready to head off to school. As students, they begin to learn that which they will need to, hopefully, become successful in their future careers. I believe the kind of learning that makes a person successful at human-ness, comes not from what is gleaned in school, but rather from what one learns in life and more improtantly than that, what one leaves behind for those who come after.


Fall, I'm glad to see it return. It's time to take a more leisurely walk without rushing into an air conditioned building to avoid the heat; or to be bundled up because it's so cold. Yes, though each season holds its own magic, I have to say that for me, this time, this softening time of the year, this fall, or autumn, just happens to be my favorite. What's yours?