In the Heat of This Moment

These days are way too hot and long.  Please autumn, come early and bring us relief.  Bring back cool days with gentle breezes, and nippy nights with just a hum of crickets. 

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I am hoping fall foliage will be beautiful this year.  Last year was not pleasant, as heat extended into October (my favorite month) and pretty much dried up everything to a brown crisp.

Of course we have no control over the seasons and the results they bring.  Time to focus on what we do have control over.  Well, maybe there’s not too much of that either.  We convince ourselves we can make certain things happen.  We can try.  We can make a difference here and there.  But it’s important to ask why we do the things we do.  

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Is it for one’s own ego, self-importance?  Is it for fighting against deep-set fears and the what-ifs?  Or is it because we truly want to make things better not just for ourselves but for others as well?  Does it have to be my way?  Is there any compromise?  Will what I do interfere with someone else’s freedom; am I forcing my beliefs, my wishes on others?

Live and let live.  We can do this.  We can free others and thus ourselves, if we allow people to be who they are, make their choices - deal with their consequences.  Just let them live, and we can live our lives too.

There is no perfect freedom, no perfect world.  Sunshine on some days, storms on another.  Damage.  Regrowth.  We really ought to knock off the negative and start uniting, rebuilding based on love and the ability to let go when needed.  

OK.  I’ll live in this heat, but I can still long for autumn.        Theresa M

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