Leave it behind...

The view is similar, yet too different to be the same. Another fall season is slowly settling in and I've found myself in my favorite setting: home. Although the leaves are beginning to turn their same shades of yellow and orange, their vibrancy has already increased since seeing them last year at this time. The goldenrod still shines the same shade of yellow, but has increased in saturation. The leaves fall peacefully to the ground and are not afraid to do so. 


It's hard to believe that just a year ago I had to try so hard to soak up all the beauty that now surrounds me. It was a now-or-never approach and I felt like I needed to gather all the sights for what seemed like the last time. Little did I know, another fall would come around. Another round of all of my favorite seasonal happenings. Another chunk of time spent exactly where I belong. I will take it all in, but with different eyes this time. This time around, I can see my future. I can see the light at the end of this short journey. And I can see all the exciting things that are shining in that light. 


Most importantly, I can see today. I can see all that surrounds me at this moment. Whatever tomorrow may bring can wait until tomorrow. 


Daily dose of simplicity: Leaving behind my temporary life...to arrive in a place where I belong permanently.