Watch the Trees

 

Fall has arrived.

When summer turns to fall, that precise moment when the trees change their color and the cold becomes a little biting, knowing it is time to wear a coat, a scarf, and one's nose, once in the warmth of home, stings, as you enter a heated room, you know autumn has truly arrived.

It maybe the temperature of the morning, the crisp air against your face as you walk briskly in the golden light of sunrise, though the day turns hot once again, you know Fall hasn't quite happened, but very close.

We know when the season's change because it is the trees that tell us so.

It is not noticeable unless you pay attention, because once the leaves change from green to yellow, orange, violet or red, it is only a matter of time when they fall, and if you are not there in the moment, you will miss it.

There have been some years where the leaves changed their color, and caught up in the day to day routine, have missed their mystical falling.

Waking up one morning, finally calm, awake and aware, 'my' tree next to the balcony had lost all its leaves; and because of my self-centered-ness, not being in the moment, mindful, missed this important transformation.

She was bare...and winter certainly was near.

Today was special because we were in the moment, the leaves beginning to turn and mindful that their beauty was only minutes, hours, or days away.

Summer to fall is a beautiful time as the earth moves around and ever so slightly, tilts away from the sun.

Then the cold will move in soon; the trees dropping their last leaf; the snow falling and the pure joy of an open fire as you cuddle with your loved one under the covers, knowing that spring is next.

Watch the trees...