“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or an event to control your emotions!”
While Summer is and will always be my favorite season (I absolutely love hot weather), there are so many reasons why Fall is a close second.
Firstly, Fall is the season where you can enjoy warm afternoons, and cooler mornings, meaning it gives us the opportunity to wear lightweight clothes with some fun jackets and layers It is essentially the best of both worlds – I get to wear my favorite or new layering options for the season without having to give up some great lightweight favorites from my summer wardrobe. It is a season where tights may or may not be worn, and layering is more for fun than absolute necessity.
Secondly, we get to enjoy some amazing colors that nature has to offer…the leaves turning tones of Red, Brown and Yellow, not to mention amazing sunsets and sunrises,
Finally, it is the season that prepares us for winter and the colder weather it brings.
I can’t believe that we are already only a few weeks away from Thanksgiving, and that 2017 is drawing to a close. As I sit and contemplate what has happened in my life this year I can’t help but to feel grateful about the amazing blessings I have in my life, and the lessons I have learned. We all have challenges and struggles in our life, but they are not what defines us…we are defined by how we react or handle those challenges. I choose to feel gratitude for the struggles in my life because they have made me who I am…and I have to say, I kind of like ME!!
I constantly work on myself to choose to wake up every morning with love and gratitude in my heart, because I know when I do that, everything else in my life just seems to work itself out! Have you ever gone through something and wondered why you went through it, only to find out the answer not long after?
I know that feeling good about things that are beyond our control can be very frustrating, but letting go of those things is so freeing. I can manage my expectations about many things, but the weather is a constant battle for me. I get headaches when it’s overcast or dull, and I want every day to have some sunshine and blue skies. Unfortunately for us all that is never going to be a reality. There will be rain, snow but there will also be sunshine. I have seen more sunshine after moving to Utah from England and I absolutely love that, but I still find myself wishing or hoping that every day would be like that so I could feel “happier”. So, as the season with the least amount of sunshine rolls around, I find myself starting to feel a little down or depressed…so what do I do? I choose to head into winter (my least favorite season) with an OPEN MIND and take the opportunity to become creative with my layering and sweaters…what a great time to start enjoying hot cocoa, cozy fires and snuggling under a blanket with one of my boys!
What if our least favorite thing had some positives too, and we chose to embrace those? What would that do about your experience? For me, I can’t wait to find out
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