They must Fall

 When seasons come and go the morning turns to evening


When I walk around campus am usually in a hurry, I have no time to look at trees, the sky, or anything else. My mind is focused on where am going and what I am doing next. I have to be intentional about stopping to look around. To just breathe and appreciate the beauty around me. To look at God's creation and just get lost in the wonder of his majestic creation.


Back to my walk, I notice that the trees were changing colors and shedding their leaves. I was like all yeah it's fall I should expect to see these leaves fall. But then I looked closely at the color changes, they were not all the same. Some trees had completely changed, some were still in the process and some had not changed at all. They all had different sheds ranging from red, yellow, orange, brown, and black. They looked beautiful. All of them. But this beauty also meant that these leaves were about to fall off the trees and soon the trees would be bare. 


Beautiful things do fall. Beautiful things do come to an end. On the Autumnal Equinox. The season changes and we have to shed the color. Often times when we think about losing things and just things falling from our lives, we think about the ugly things, the things we despise. The people that make us sad and don't bring out the best in us. Little do we think that even the beautiful things, the beautiful people sometimes, also have to fall. When the season comes, they must fall. No matter how colorful they were, no matter the stares they drew to themselves and in turn to us. They must fall. They had time to blossom but there comes a time when they must be blown away. 


The morning turns to evening 


Dreams fall too. There are dreams for every season. Hopes and aspirations for a particular time. They sprout at the right time, and they become green as you water them. They blossom in their own time and they soon turn orange at their peak. At that moment we must prepare for the fall. They must fall out so that we may reach greater heights or just a new beginning all to together.


The same is true for emotions. Some emotions might have made us happy once and some must have made us sad. They were once green, now they are orange and soon they must fall. They must be blown away that new leaves may come immersed in a hope of a new beginning and whatever it is that they come with. We must be ready to embrace them, to embrace the change and with it carry on into spring.


These changes make us grow. They help transform us into new seasons and I know change is uncomfortable but it is necessary. Seasons change in our lives, so if this season looks like a tunnel for you, be hopeful, there is a light coming your way. And if you are blossoming right now, stay present and enjoy the scents, the beauty, the colors, and all that comes with this season, Take it all in. 


Through everything we grow



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