I wonder if you, like me, felt a reticence to let go of the summer season as we began to slip into autumn?  Here in the UK, the end of British Summer Time (BST) was marked by the usual change of the clocks as they dropped back by one hour last weekend.  Lighter in the morning for a while but darker, quicker in the evening.   The lure of hibernation is just as real for human beings as it is for the animal kingdom.  There are a few differences of course, we watch a little more TV and punctuate the darker months with a series of festivals to keep us in a cheery mood.

We adapt very quickly.  Within a couple of weeks of experiencing a change in the daylight hours, we are used to our new reality.  The anticipation of change of course, is often far more daunting than the reality when it arrives.  By the time spring arrives, you may find yourself lamenting about the wonderful times you spent warming yourself by an open fire, reflecting on the positive aspects of the winter season.  It is interesting to think about how much resistance we experience from day to day in anticipating change and wondering how we are going to adapt.

If you could harness all of the insights that you have gathered over the years, about how things work out much easier than you had anticipated, what would you do with all of the recouped energy?  Acceptance is a key component of adapting to anything.  When we learn to accept that perpetual change is the norm and that we somehow adapt, we can reclaim a sense of reconciled peace of mind.  Carry that thought with you in everything that you do.  Learn from past experience and approach your challenges and changes and in a much gentler way.  Remember that you have an extraordinary ability to adapt to any situation and to choose your own reality.