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As the
days grow shorter, we tend to acknowledge the changing season without
understanding that we, too, are in transition. |
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The birth of autumn is an event missed by
many. Autumn reveals itself slowly, hovering on the edges of our
consciousness until its crisp breezes are strong enough to be felt, and we
notice for the first time the transformations taking place all around us. It
is only when the last fruits and vegetables have emerged and the trees have
begun to deck themselves in shifting patterns of crimson and gold that we
internalize that fall has indeed returned. Autumn is invigorating and a time
to gather our thoughts, in the same way that we might once have collected
crops. Autumn also ushers in a new slowness of being for most of us, as the
tone and tempo of our lives change along with all of Mother Earth's
children. As the days grow shorter and the blossoms
that brightened our gardens through summer's heat begin to droop and
wilt, we tend to acknowledge the changing season without understanding that
we, too, are in transition. The brilliance of autumn's foliage, the
flocks of southbound geese honking overhead, and the arrival of a bountiful
harvest are all signs to slow down and take stock of our lives.
Autumn's pleasures and rituals revolve around the gathering of
abundance in preparation for the winter to come. There is ample time to
contemplate what we accomplished during the warmer seasons while tasting the
year's first cider or breathing in the sweet fragrance of leaves
breaking down. The same stirring that inspires animals to burrow deep into
the Earth compels us to celebrate the rich bounty we instinctively know will
not appear again until springtime. Your priorities will likely change as
nature flares into sunset brilliance and then lapses slowly into slumber, but
remember to rejoice in the beauty of nature where every finale serves as an
overture for a new beginning. |
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