Letting go of daylight

As I sit looking out the window at the gorgeous leaves blowing everywhere on this truly blustery day, I am reminded that in a few short hours it will be time to turn the clocks back one full hour which will take us out of DST—-daylight savings time.  I will bid fairwelll to the longer, fun days 

of light and welcome in the longer days of darkness.    

I pause to catch my breath, close my eyes and inhale deeper and slower.   The cycle of the seasons again repeat themselves over and over.   I desire to hold onto Summer, but I still look forward to the eye catching beauty of Fall and all its splendor.  

The last of the leaves are blowing off the trees and creating a giant colored carpet on our lawn. It is beautiful.   Heading outside for a walk, the leaves crumble beneath my feet, and I can’t stop taking pictures on my cell phone.  I want to capture every last bit of color possible before the trees become bare as the starkness of Winter approaches.   

Nature will unfold as it always does in its proper time.  It is well to praise our Creator for His handiwork that He freely gives us for our pleasure and a gift of His love. 

Each season has so much beauty and joy wrapped up in it.  Let’s take time each day to look for the miracles especially when life seems hard to bear. 

Get some good rest with that extra hour and hopefully you will be ready to embrace the shorter days of sunlight.  

 My body likes the longer, quieter evenings because some days I feel exhausted from trying to tread water. I can tuck in early and read or write or—-yes, watch my favorite Hallmark movies!  Who doesn’t love that?!  Lol.    All is well. 

“Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower.”

                Albert Camus