Another lovely Autumn day dawns. There is a calmness to these warm afternoons as this later Summer prolongs itself almost to October.
However, the cold mornings and dark evenings announce that the seasons still march on and change is on its way. The leaves may have not yet begun to fall but we can still feel the winding down of nature and the preparation for winter.
Although Autumn is a season I love, this anticipation of winter still leaves its trace on my spirit and in my body. It effects my energy and I realize that I too have changing seasons, with periods of growth and periods of rest. Autumn reminds me that all things change and that there is only suffering to be had when I try to hold onto things, like the long days of summer, the memories of times past. I realize how much I like permanence and how that notion likes to tell the story of a solid, single identity. Instead, like the seasons, I too change, things come and go in my life. Nature lets go and moves on. So should I.
