You can feel it in the air you can see it in the trees. Fall is here. I love this time of year!!!! I am not exactly sure what I love so much about it, I just know that I love it.
As I mentioned before and as you can probably tell from my writing, it has been a long year for me in a lot of ways. I will not bore you with the details nor ply you with the complexities of life as I see them. Today, I just want to enjoy the fact that Fall is here and it reminds me that there are a lot of Seasons in our lives.
Every year we see Winter give way to Spring which is overpowered by Summer which yields to Fall which in turn surrenders to Winter which gives way to Spring which.... It is like a merry-go-round. You love it one minute and then you can't wait to get off the next because it has made it hard to clearly see anything.
I remember as a child that I would get the merry-go-round going as fast as I could and then I would jump on and lie in the center and just watch the sky for what seemed like an eternity until it would finally come to a stop all by itself. I loved that feeling. The world was moving so fast and then slowly it would all come to a stop. Nothing dramatic, nothing spectacular, it would just finally stop.
I will always be a child at heart. My wife tells me that I am like an eight year old little boy even today. I am not sure if that is good or bad, but who cares most eight year old boys that I know are having fun.
Today's blog is quite simple. It is Fall I am an eight year old boy at heart. It has been a long year and I just want to enjoy the day. I hope that you have a great day as well.
Hey, GW. Did you recently add that photo at the top of your blog? Is it yours? I don't remember seeing it before but I like it!
ReplyDeleteThe quote by Gandhi I had not heard before, but WOW. I so agree with it. I'm a Christian and sometimes I don't like myself. I can get too judgmental and critical and that's so not how I want to be! But as Paul says in Romans "The good that I want to do, that I don’t do; the evil which I don’t want to do, that I do!" A very apt description of me. :/
Now, back to your post. I LOVE fall! In fact, my daughter was born in the dead of winter but I named her Autumn. I love the change of color (even though not much of that happens here)and the cooler weather. Soon I will be curled up with a book and a blanket drinking Chai Latte on a Saturday morning. Ah, can't wait.
You go on with your bad 8 year old self and enjoy life! LOL I think that's a cool thing and your wife probably thinks it's really sweet deep down. Hope to talk to you soon.
Hey, I just went to your profile and noticed your favorite book is The Grapes of Wrath. I recently read that for the first time and LOVED it! After that I read East of Eden and loved that too. I'm on a Steinbeck bender right now. Cannery Row is next on my list.
ReplyDeleteYes on both accounts. I did recently add that to my blog and yes it is mine.
ReplyDeleteI love Steinbeck. I started reading his books over 30 years ago and I love everyone that I have ever read. I never knew when I began one of his books which way he would challenge my thinking, but I could rest assured that it would be challenged. Happy reading.
GW