9-22-24

Today I have my quiet time in the forest preserve.

I take my usual spot, sitting before “my tree”.

I stop to wait for emotions to rise, but I feel only

peace, acceptance.

Most of the trees are still green, a few have started

to turn golden.

On my tree the leaves are all down, they lie dry and

brittle on the ground.

This is a moment for me to connect to the beautiful

sadness that aging is.

Realizing how grateful we are for the opportunity to

complete our life.

To learn the things we learned, do the things we did,

be the ones we were.

And now how important it is to release the learning,

the doing, to release even the being.