Autumn

An ode to Autumn

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As we move into a new season, this may be the perfect time to reflect – and appreciate – this golden stage in our own lives.

For some, spring is the best time of year, with everything new and all it has to offer, but for others autumn is better.   Ture, everything in spring is fresh and green, especially after the drabness of the winter landscape, but autumn holds the glory of colour.   The colours and tints of gold, yellow, brown and red are painted on the hillsides, in the forests of the countryside, and in our gardens too, and there we behold the glory of nature and wonder at it.

Our own autumn years are beautiful too, or can be.   An attitude of mind is important because life is how you look at it, as well as the reality.   Many bemoan their loss of flexibility, their energy and their good looks, but like the trees, this is a time of beauty, if you can see it.   Robert Browning wrote

“Grow old along with me!  The best is yet to be …”