October is my favorite month. Not just because of the whole pumpkin spice fad, (I'm old enough to remember life before flavored coffees), although they are pretty wonderful, aren't they?
October feels like freedom.
It's shedding of the old, to allow room for the new.
Outside, the leaves begin to turn beautiful colors, fall from the tree, and leave the branches bare for the winter. While the tree is bare, it rests, preparing for the spring, when new growth will begin.
Though I don't wait until October, I feel as if my spirit is often turning beautiful colors before it sheds parts of me that no longer serve my higher purpose. Then I turn inward, rest, and reflect until new spiritual growth begins.
This frequently occuring cycle is natural and happens to all of us. We only have to turn our focus inward a bit to recognize it.
And embrace it.
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