September

Summer light begins to fade

The summer has graced us again with its fullness and light and now the sun begins to withdraw earlier every evening and show up later in the morning. Its cooling and rainy and stormy and windy and sunny and totally unpredictable. What to wear sort of leans heavily on “layering” and my brain is sad and sluggish. Sad that I know the winter is coming and sluggish because I have been very naughty and eaten what I want rather than what I should.

Three wonderful weddings we’ve been to recently and the pressure for the day of the wedding and its weather is high, but thankfully they both went well and hardly any rain was seen. But more than the weather the bond of marriage and love was clear and present. What a joy it is to be invited to celebrate, and how secure they must be to find “the one”.

So much pressure is put on couples to not only find each other but to also commit and it can be costly and fraught with problems. Many people pointed to me at these weddings saying “you’ll be next”, I know they mean well, but I control my destiny thanks.

Shake off the weight of expectation.

Formalities like this are a natural and good part of life, but remember you are the one who is in control of your life, though sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. I feel controlled by many things but I have found it can feel a bit lighter if you decide you chose it.

I chose to suffer in the past because It was what I knew and what was safe to me. I choose to be free of pain wherever possible as it no longer serves me.

Life can be a bitch sometimes. But you have to keep going. I am squeezing as much joy as I can out of the Summer season (my favourite) as possible, and reviewing my position and looking at what no longer serves me and looking to leave those parts behind.

We all have to grow and change is the only thing which is constant. May the changes you go through this month be as smooth as can be. Wishing you September peace. ☀️🍁💨