This morning I noticed the leaves are tinged with just the lightest of color. Fall is coming. Change is around us. As so much is happening in the world from wildfires to shutdowns to health issues, I find it most important to take a moment and see how change has affected us.

The past seven months have been overwhelming to say the least. Weathering such shifts is when the true change happens. And for each of us, this happens internally as much as externally. Our values, our choices, and our priorities change. What once seemed important in our life is no longer a necessity.

We can claim this as the “silver lining” in a pandemic but that is too simple. I think noticing change and recognizing it in us is a way of maturing and growing. The recent months just put miracle grow on what would have happened eventually. All this change is exhausting. Like the trees, we need to shed some of the old and have time to regroup. May we also be like the trees, holding on to our solid base of values as we move through the coming months. Taking care of ourselves is how we will each weather the whatever is ahead: financially, emotionally, and physically. Embrace the beauty of change.