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A
major change is coming this month that will affect us all in a major way.
Some of you will not notice this change, but you can bet it will affect
your life and mine. This change will cause things to appear differently.
This change will show us the end of a necessity for life. This change has
not changed. This change will show us the beginning of a necessity for
life. The change will be positive.
I
get so philosophical in December. I don’t know why, but please indulge
me this once.
It
gets down right cold in December. Well, it gets cold in January and
February too. However, December is when I am most affected; for it is this
time of year that I reflect. I reflect on what I did all year. What were
the positive things I did and what will I not ever do again? Who were the
good and positive people I befriended and who bit me? (always, mostly
friends)
As
we watch the last leaves fall with the rains and winds, we know that life
will be back in just a few days. As autumn wanes, the roar of the Urban
Ocean stirs me. The Urban Ocean is the sound of the traffic of two
interstates that are now positioned around me. They crash together like
two bodies of water that meet in a rocky sound at high tide. Two months
ago, the noise was slightly quieter because all of the leaves were on the
two acres of hardwood trees that separate me from the bands of white and
red lights that wind, like a ribbon, in the late afternoon. Now the leaves
are mostly gone. They have fallen to the ground to form nutrition for my
small forest of trees.
December
brings me another birthday. Some folks can forget their birthdays when
they get my age, but if yours is on the 24th, you can’t forget it. Don’t
get me wrong. I don’t dread the birthdays. I dread the days leading up
to the birthday. The first 20 days of December are leading up to the
shortest day of the year and I need light!
How
I long for the sound of frogs celebrating the coming of mating season…
That is my usual pick-me-up! But, not until after the change. For me, the
first sound of the frogs marks the beginning. It’s the beginning of a
new year, for me. A new start of life. Think about it.
You
may not notice the change, but the end of autumn is on the way. It’s a
necessity of life, especially for trees and other plants. You may not
notice the change, but the beginning of winter is on the way. It, too, is
a necessity of life. Light is life and with this change, the days
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