A Season of Change

Just this week the raging heat of summer has begun to subside.  Sunday was the first rather chilly morning.  I'm adjusting to the temperature of a musty, older home with hardwood floors throughout. Cooler days will mean slippers and fuzzy robes. It's quite a departure from the A/C and ceiling fans swirling at high speed.

My place is still in a bit of disarray, but it's getting better.  My friends and parents have stocked it with all the goods necessary to sustain me.  There are loads of paper towels, a new toaster, bottles of wine, plates, coffee, condiments, chocolate.  Wine and chocolate: the essentials.

The kids arrived with various autumn-flavored decorations.  My girl took the reigns (as she always does) and placed miniature scarecrows in the overgrown front yard.  No need for scarecrows, as the uncut, unkempt, moss-covered lawn would scare anyone.  A vintage pumpkin-headed character shines brightly at the front door.  He will soon be surrounded by candlelit pumpkins carved for the season.

Yesterday, a friend of mine shared his thoughts on this season of change.  This is the perfect time for revision and rewriting your life's direction.  He detailed how he gets so focused on what's coming his way that he rarely stops to question if his end result is really where he needs to end up.  In the same line of thinking --there's this book on cd that's been playing in my car the past week or so. 10% Happier says a lot of the same about life.  I started jotting down notable quotes as I listen, like:

"If you are never looking up, you are always just looking around."

and a funny saying the author quotes from his friend:

"With one foot in the past and one foot in the future, you're pissing on the "now."

It's tempting to listen to that voice in our head, who seems to be a reliable internal guide.  It isn't.  It is driven by our skewed thoughts.  We have to think less with our head and lead with our heart.  Maybe that's the change, the revision I'll be making with the season.