Fall into new beginnings

As the summer winds down in the Northeastern part of the United States, there's a noticeable change in the air. The change isn't necessarily the temperature or a crisp that we associate with fall, but more an internal shift that prepares us for the expectations and responsibilities a lot of us have beginning in the fall/winter seasons. Perhaps part of that automatic shift is due to some consequence leftover from when many lived in farming communities and had to begin to prepare food for the coming winter months and lack of growth. Now, it seems that this process is less about stocking the pantry and pickling vegetables and more about preparing for new jobs/careers, school or even the increase in household responsibilities that come about in the fall and winter seasons. With those new transitions or getting back into our normal routines comes some anxiety surrounding the uncertainty of the year, questioning our abilities to keep up or move forward or even just a longing for the slower, less driven summer months. This is typical and normal for almost everyone, yet sometimes we get stuck in those worries and it seems to drive our mind more than anything else. I'm almost certain that during those times when we lived in communities dominated by agriculture and farming that people continued to have difficulty shifting back into the seemingly harsher winter months. They probably had fears that were less about starting a new position at a company but rather whether or not they had enough crops to harvest for the winter or beginning their journeys with their own families. Regardless of the time period, people have a shared commonality where they begin to express self-doubt about uncertainty in the future. Seasons change in the Northeast as they always have. People continue to change as well. What is different and what we have control over is how we view our relationship with the changing seasons and changes in time. If we face uncertainty with fear and doubt or resist against change that we can't control we will be in an endless cycle or loop that causes us pain. We have to learn again how to fall back into our seasons and adapt as easily as nature. Don't resist against change but acknowledge and accept it. Maybe we need to look back into our histories and express gratitude for those that came before us who didn't fight back against change because they're part of the reason why we're here today.