A Season for Change

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For me, at this time of year, the air is charged with possibility. As the seasons here in the US flow into Fall, I begin to yearn for change. It's like a train coming, the whistle off in the distance. Since I was young, I always thought of the Fall in this way - as possibility approaching. And possibility is simply change waiting to happen.

Coincidently last week, Kate Yandoh over at Worthwhile magazine posted something similar. In my comment on the post, I share my theory about why I think the fall seems to be teeming with possibility for some. As the leaves begin to change, essentially dying away, we see the seasons of our own lives more clearly. Change is inevitable. As we see how nature embraces the change of the seasons, it offers us hope, as we embark on our own forthcoming adventures.

Change can be a scary thing, but nothing grows without it. I don't want it to be summer all the time (which is why I moved out of South Florida ;). Status quo is comfortable... and it's also boring. By ceasing the struggle against impending changes, we can welcome the new season, and simply allow the changes to happen. We can do this knowing that if we don't like what manifests, that another change is just around the corner. We can also know that we have the power to initiate it.

So as fall approaches, new opportunities come with it. We can choose to fight it, fear it, deny it, or embrace it. Change is going to happen - it's one of the few things we can be certain of. Learning to model nature's acceptance of the inevitable, can give us something to look forward to. The promise of new possibilities.

Tony D. Clark
Success from the Nest