Octobers

My younger sister. Taken on one of our favourite nature walks.

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."   

- L.M. Montgomery

That quotation has always resonated with me because Octobers -- I love them.  Even though it is the midst of the Autumn season, and we can't deny the fact that Winter is on its way, October is still a beautiful month.

The leaves are changing colour and falling off the trees, cluttering yards until tree branches are laid bare.

I've heard people make cynical comments about Fall, saying it's a season of dying.

It's not. It's a season that leads to another -- Winter, where it looks like things are dead.
But it only appears to be that way. The trees that lost their foliage and look bare and dead come back in full force come spring -- they didn't die. They merely rested through the long cold months.

We can learn a lot of lessons looking at seasons. We can type them to our own lives...

All the seasons in our lives have their purpose.

You  might be going through a long season where you are ready to give up in despair. Just hold on. Your Spring is coming -- things will eventually fall back into place, and bloom with all their might and power.