Autumn relief.

With Autumn just around the corner there is a sense in the air of change. Nothing has happened yet but it is as if nature was on pause as it contemplates the change in the season. The excitement of summer begins to wane, the intended break for a holiday is but a memory and we have the winter months to contemplate. Its funny how the seasons mean so much to our psyche. Hope and expectation as we emerge out of winter, solace as we contemplate the chill of winter and the dark days to come.
Time is but a moment and we have to count those moments, not in any spendthrift way, not in any morbid way but in an opportunistic way as we avail ourselves of a thousand and one opportunities to recognise who we are and our relationship with everything around us.
We could of course embark on a series of journeys to look for ourselves at this and that, we could catch a plane here and there. To land, to hire, to unpack and wander out to see what is on offer. We have to be prepared for disappointment whilst also capturing and reflecting on the special moments. It is the unexpected that we remember, the not planned moment.
How will we cope with winter. The snow, the cold dark winter nights , Christmas and a fellowship feeling that this period brings.
One can escape to the other side of the world where the sun and the sea draw our inspiration and remind us of our youth. Where at least 50% of the occupants of the beach, (the ones wearing two bits of apparel), were our constant thought and distracted the living daylights out of us.   Its unlikely that we would be distracted today, other than a cursory glance but the imagery and the clarity of an open beach and the light which the sun and water brings makes  winter bearable. 
Little of it absorbed, most reflected, shining a light into our very being, warming the cockles of the heart.


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