Holding On~~Letting Go~~

It is the middle of August. School has begun for many kids across America and I am pondering the idea of holding on and letting go.
Whether it is wanting to hold on to summer or your child or old ways of being.
It can never happen no matter how hard we grasp.
Autumn is soon to be on the horizon.
Everything will be let go.
There are those stubborn leaves that hang on to the very last of their being and yet the cold wins out and it is forced to let go and fall.

I think it would be hard for me to live in a place that didn't have distinct seasons.

Seasons are such a lesson!

I have always in this life been one like that silly leaf and hold on till it gets so cold that I have to let go.
It is only torturous to me.
Know one else..and just like we get amazed at that stubborn leaf and it's tenacity to hang on, I amaze myself, always holding on way past the time to let go.

There is a new T.V. show out on ,I believe, A & E called Hoarders. Maybe it is an American phenomena..we hold on to things because we don't want to let go. Or maybe we can't control any of the losses in our life so we hold on to things for security.
Eventually, though as with all things there is a time to let go.
Maybe when it is just too painful to hold on any longer.
If you are stubborn, like me,then ,generally ,the cold gets to you and then you let go!

There is a time to lay dormant. Winter. To be able to bury the seeds of new hope. New vision! Creativity in the dark of the winter that will come alive in the Spring.

My goal is to let go more gracefully once I realize that, yes, here is Autumn.
It is ok and natural to let go. To rest and wait for the new cycle of regeneration and resurrection!
I silently wait..dormant, waiting for that new vision!
Will you sit with me and wait?