There’s change in the air. Can you feel it in the cooler breeze? See it in the slight change of the leaves from green to gold and red? It’s just the beginning. The darkness is descending earlier than usual, cutting our evening walks short.
Change.
For me, it’s all about happiness. Something new is coming, and even if I’ve experienced it before (like fall), it’s never quite the same. We don’t always know where change will take us. Like a fallen leaf in the river, we cascade with the flow of our lives and are always swept away to new shores.
This can produce fear at times, right? We don’t always feel happy about change, but perhaps a change in perspective would be useful. The promise of something better is always out there, and we can only reach it if we embrace change.
We see this all the time in novels or films, right? Something has to give in order to make way for the happy ending. We can only resolve the issues we’re grappling with if there’s a magical shift inside us or around us.
I love the fall because it’s so indicative of the nature of change. Our bodies start craving comfort foods like soups and stews. We want to huddle at home on the couch with our sweetheart or play with our kids. We come back to ourselves after all of the expansion of the spring and summer months. We come back to our center.
And with it, our happiness abounds.
So let’s all allow the happiness of change to enliven us as the leaves turn those brilliant fall colors.
I am ready for brilliant color in my life—even when it comes from change. What about you?