I absolutely adore October. And this October was no different -- surely one of the most blessed ones in a long while. In general, fall is ultimately my favorite season. The scent of burning leaves signals the hint of autumn to my nose, as the oranges, yellows and scarlets of fluttering leaves that confetti (yes, it's a verb now) the crisp 55-degree air entertain my eyes with a most picturesque vision of the change in season. Ahhh....now I'm missing the vivid New England autumns... but Cincinnati has quite nice ones too. It's just particularly bright in Connecticut this time of year.
With a very fond farewell to October, I am ready for November since Thanksgiving is simply one of the best holidays imaginable. Our Farison tradition for a good while now is to visit our family in Columbus, OH, and have a big dinner with the Launers (our second-cousins on my dad's side,) finished with a family jam session in the music room, which we kids practice for weeks in advance!
It's unbelievable to me how fast these months are going by. I'm remembering more than ever how things were last year at this time, and feeling nostalgic in some ways and moreoverly grateful I'm living in this now in other ways. It sure has been a growing year, and I would never have imagined that I would be living the life I am today. For instance, I am not at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for piano performance anymore, (something that would have shocked me to know, had I been informed last year at this time) I am living at home again, working and saving, and am now engaged to the man I was just beginning to fall in love with last year. I can hardly begin think what the coming year holds...I'm sure it is too exciting for me to handle if I was to be aware of it now!
Isn't it exciting to change? Whatever it is -- your attitude about something, the change of scenery, your mental or physical growth or improvement -- anything really! I find that other people changing around me helps me react in kind and grow as well. In this new change, not noticably significant to some -- the next month to come -- I look forward to the present, to the living in the change and growth of every moment that passes by.
And so, farewell October, and until next year!
Cheers!
Natalie
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Alas, you speak rightly. Change can be good, and alot has certainly changed for me.
If you look at comparisons of yourself, and the year before its staggering if you are in as much of a state of growth as I am... I'm a foot or two taller, my hair is 4+ inches longer, my martial arts is exponentially better, I'm a red belt, and my programming is incredibly more powerful.
This is simply the easy, visual things, primarily aesthetic. There are many more changes that lie. What are some of your internal changes?
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