Autumn

Fall was in the air but has left for more friendly places.

In other parts of the country, leaves have begun to turn and at early evening the smell of bonfires is on the air. The sun sets and is replaced by cool night air. Frost is likely on the pumpkins somewhere and snow may even be falling in the far north. Here in the south, temperatures still climb into the 90's every day.

Life is made up of trade offs and some are geographical. Soon, friends in New England and Nova Scotia will be watching the weather here and moaning in envy. But come next summer when they are enjoying perfect summer days, we will be in day to day scorching heat and humidity and envying them. Though we may tend not to realize it during the different seasons, it all evens out.

The changing seasons are much more than just climate to me. They represent a timeline of living, a reminder that our lives have limits and that each will end one day. More important, they remind me that it's all part of a natural process, one season ends to make room for the next. Though we may not know what the transition is to or what comes next, I have to believe that we've nothing to fear and that the good we do in life will outweigh the bad.

But for today, we burn leaves, shovel snow, or turn up the air conditioning. Whatever waits for us,
will wait another day. Each season in it's own time, each life in it's own season.