Rooted in Change: How Autumn Teaches Us to Harvest, Compost, and Begin Again

Learning from the trees: I admit, I might be biased, but I think autumn is the most magical season of the year. The memories of summer are still fresh, yet the world around us is already shifting, whispering of change. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, late summer is considered the 5th season of the year, associated with the element of Earth. How fitting. The Earth steadies us, holds us when storms gather, and offers a quiet strength to root deeper. She gives us the ground to plant, to rest, to transform.

Autumn is harvest time -our successes, our lessons, our learnings and separate the rotting fruit. We sort through what’s sweet and nourishing, and what has begun to rot. Yet even that becomes part of the cycle, turning into soil for the next season, for seeds that haven’t bloomed, for plants and ideas that simply need a little more time in the darkness of safe soil and that aren't ready for the light. So I invite you to pause for a moment: "What are you harvesting this season? What fruits of your efforts are ready to be savored and what is gently returning to the soil to become the foundation for what’s still to come?"

With love,

Bella

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