Change greeted me first thing this morning on a hike.
The dip in temperature scattered across maple leaves and golden rod in a layer of glittery frost.
Fall is my favorite season for many reasons but mostly it’s my favorite because of the brilliant colors -fiery red, mustard and burnt orange against a blue sky. Fall takes my breath away.
Its beauty is undeniable.
But this morning, the frost brought change to the landscape of my walk.
At first, I think I was annoyed with the icy covering. Colors were muted. Brilliance had faded.
But, the change did some things and I noticed.
Frost highlighted the edges of the leaves – spiky, rounded, smooth, ripped.
The tiny particles of ice settled into the crevices of berries that had dried and cracked since October passed.
I was finding beauty in the change.
The pockets of frost, the piles of itty bitty flakes of ice were inviting me in to consider something about change.
Change isn’t always welcome.
Change isn’t always easy.
What if, when we experience change, we ask a few questions:
What is the change outlining for me?
What does this new thing/task/relationship highlight for me?
What is gone now?
Where is the change settling for me? Is it a sore spot? Why is it sore? What is the change highlighting for me?
There is beauty to be found in the new, different around you today.
how the light gets in 