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Hello friends,

 

The leaves have begun to turn, and October’s light breezes flutter them earth in bright drifts of red, orange, and gold. You may have heard the quote, “The trees are showing us how lovely it is to let things go.”

 

Fall can be a time of reflection, when the light takes a golden slant in the afternoons, and we take stock before winter’s quiet. For some of us, it can also be a time for renewal - when we let go of things we struggle with, and embrace new adventures. I’m reminded of Mary Oliver’s beautiful poem about this season.

 

Song of Autumn

 

Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now

        how comfortable it will be to touch

the earth instead of the

        nothingness of the air and the endless

freshets of wind? And don’t you think

        the trees, especially those with

mossy hollows, are beginning to look for

 

the birds that will come — six, a dozen — to sleep

        inside their bodies? And don’t you hear

the goldenrod whispering goodbye,

        the everlasting being crowned with the first

tuffets of snow? The pond

        stiffens and the white field over which

the fox runs so quickly brings out

        its long blue shadows. The wind wags

its many tails. And in the evening

        the piled firewood shifts a little

longing to be on its way.

 

©Mary Oliver

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If you could, what struggles would you let go? And what do you wish to make space for in your life? What would give you a sense of aliveness, of vitality, of joy? What if you could take some steps towards that this season?

 

Sometimes our struggle with anxiety, OCD, or depression takes away our focus from the beauty around us. Letting that struggle go can be hard, but so worth it. We hope you take a few moments this week to breathe, to enjoy the crisp blue sky, to hear the geese call as they make their journey south, to see the trees release their leaves in a blaze of color.