Embracing Change

I've been thinking a lot about change lately, probably because it's autumn and everything is changing in our small town. The colors are deepening, the air shivers just a little, like when someone you love touches you unexpectedly.  A lovely talk with an old friend is the same as slipping into a comfortable sweater - it's familiar, down to the smell, and surrounds you, and keeps out the fingers of cold that creep in, or other small intrusions of life.  I'm feeling a little like autumn myself these days - richer from core to surface than  I've ever felt before, more substantive than I was twenty years ago; perhaps a little more earthy in a sense.  It's a strange thing, but this year, I don't fear the certainty of early nightfall as I have in years past, I don't dread the onset of winter.  Maybe when the rain becomes more of an unwelcome guest than a much needed respite I'll think differently.  But right now, with this gorgeous, heady autumn all around me, it feels like an embrace.  Change is good.

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[argo]

Nice introspective look. Didn't know some of that about you. Nice surprise; thanks