Harvesting and Letting Go
Fall is both a time of harvesting and of letting go. I’ve harvested some delicious veggies recently. This is the time when the hot weather crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and egg plants are thriving and what a delicious harvest. At the same time, one sees the trees cutting their losses and letting their leaves go early because of the extremely dry and hot weather. No beautiful reds and brilliant oranges just browns and dull yellows, the leaves curled up as they fall to the ground. Not to mention the torrent of seeds that the trees are letting go- beware of a falling black walnut on your head if you choose to walk in a forest! Yet these fallen leaves will turn into wonderful mulch and compost and the seeds will germinate new life when the rain returns. In nature letting go helps generate new life.