Rumors of a Change
Lessons from a summer run.
I was talking with Ken Mogi online the other day about running.
That name may sound familiar; Ken is the creator of the Five Pillars of Ikigai.
Ken mentioned, "Despite the heat, I went for a run. There is something in the late summer sun that makes you nostalgic in a premonitory way."
I get that sense most when I spot a tree whose leaves already starting to turn. Only a few here and there in the tree signal an eventuality we cannot avoid.
I spotted this leaf on my run yesterday.
Much like Ken, I became nostalgic for the summer that was about to pass. This leaf provides the premonitory role of serving to warn or notify beforehand.
Fall is a stunning season filled with color, yet it inevitably leads to the grey of winter.
Dreading winter used to be a problem for me. While I enjoy the snow, our winters are long in Wisconsin. I'm over the snow long before the snow is over.
In recent years I've made a conscious effort to embrace whatever season I am in as the 'right' season. The season of now with good and evil, shadow and light.
It's made all the difference in my mood. Rather than lament the summer's end, I'm enjoying the warm sun's rays.
Even if, for a moment, I resist seeing the beauty in a red leaf of fall.
