Autumn

Came across both of these quotes today. Even though the weather still says "summer" right now, the calendar says "autumn." Good imagery, good truth. Enjoy.

"Change me, oh God,
Into a tree in autumn.
And let my dying
Be a blaze of glory!"
--Esther Popel, "October Prayer"

For the past few years, it has become my custom in autumn to evaluate what needs to be relinquished in my life. Sometimes possessions weigh me down. At other times it is my character flaws that burden not only me but everyone who lives with me as well. I look into my closet and my heart each autumn and ask, "Is there anything I could surrender that would help me become a freer person?"
--Macrina Wiederkehr and Joyce Rupp, The Circle of Life