On the way home from work this week my eldest daughter and I were chatting and she asked me when was the beginning of Autumn, after some debate, we determined that, summer was in fact almost over and that the first of March, was probably the official first day of Autumn, she unlike me does not like the cold weather, she is a true "Africa" child, born and bred, she basks and grows in the warmth of the sun.
This morning as I sit on my patio, drinking my first cup of tea, and perhaps just a little bit contemplative, I feel without a doubt that there is no longer the freshness of the morning air, that the seasons are definitely changing because there is now a chill in the breeze a warning that summer is over ............. and as I go back inside to get a jersey, I realise that we were right and that autumn is on its way........................
As I sit here, enjoying the still of the morning, and look beyond the lines of parked cars, that have now taken over my garden like an unwanted fungus, grass eating beasts that look ugly and threatening, as there numbers multiply almost on a weekly basis, and no matter what I do, and how much I complain they just keep on coming, blue ones, white ones, beige ones, silver ones, green ones.................... they are taking over the garden, like an unwanted visitor that just does not get the message that they have outstayed there welcome, and they should all leave and find another place to ruin with there ugliness...............
I sit and look beyond this silent ugly cemetry of dead cars at the trees, I love to watch and listen to the birds, sitting in the branches singing, singing I am sure of there joy and happiness, at there gift of another new day, the joy at the rising sun, flying from tree to tree, perhaps to see if the view is better from one of the higher trees, chasing each other as they enjoy the tranquility of the early morning.
The trees, still a dark shade of green on the outside but as the breeze stirs there leaves, there is a shower of golden leaves cascading to the ground........ falling slowly, almost sadly as they realise there time has come that they, have given up there birth right, the right to, to be part of the majestic tree, in fact as I look around I see there are in fact leaves everywhere, and realise that nature is getting ready to begin its yearly hibernation.............. autumn is on its way.
Autumn is a time I look forward to, the trees are dressed in the most amazing colours, reds, yellows, golds, browns and oranges, a vista of vibrancy as they show off there last beauty before all the leaves are blown off. autumn, natures way of resting, so that it can come back in all its beauty in spring, it is natures way of renewal, revival, affirmation that there is a cycle of life that goes on no matter what.......................
We can all learn a lesson from trees, we like them, need to take time out to rest, we need to look at our lives, in what are our roots anchored, how deep do our roots go, are those roots so deep that they can withstand the onslaught of droughts, storms and winds, are those roots so deep that they go so far down to find the best sweetest, freshest water to feed them, do you know where your roots are getting there water from............... we need to think about where we came from where we are going, we need to get rid of our dead leaves, prune the dead branches, fertilize with the best word, and be born again as the people that we were destined to be................... the person God designed you to be ........................
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