The leaves are hanging on by a thread here in Massachusetts, and I can tell that all of a sudden, the autumn will collapse into winter and we will plunge into the season of rest.

Recently I’ve been feeling this internal conflict of wanting to do more, produce more, and keep it all together, when another part of me just wants to throw my hands up in the air and say “F*&K IT!” I used to judge this “f*%k it” part of me, thinking I was lazy or bad at follow-through, weak or not as organized. But I now know that this desire to shed, to let things die, is part of the creation cycle.  

The trees in autumn need to shed their leaves in order to provide nutrients to their root systems, save some energy for the winter, and have space to sprout new life.

When one flower dies, it produces thousands of little seeds that are spread by the wind and animals to create many new flowers in the spring.

Dying is necessary for new life. And if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, I am guessing on some level you are being asked to let something in your life die.