Letting Dead Leaves Fall

I love Fall! It's my favorite season by far, I love the colors, the cool crisp air, i especially love the mountains out my backyard that are dusted with snow, against the yellow aspen leaves. I love the start of school, the new schedules, new sweaters and fleeces.. taking family pictures and a good hot cup of coffee with pumpkin bread. This fall has been extraordinarily beautiful and long for Montana, and I am soaking it in as much as possible, not wanting to let it go.

Through this process of wanting to live a better story, we have realized the importance of letting go.. of letting go of the stuff of life that isnt telling a good story, isnt helping people, isnt giving hope for what we believe in, isnt producing anything good. We are learning that we have been consumers in every sense of the word, consuming material things, entertainment, even friendships. And trying to let go of that consumer mentality is a battle for sure. But as i look at the leaves dying on the trees and realize how ridiculous it would be for them to stay on the tree dead all winter, i realize how crazy it would be for us to hold onto things in our lives that are dead, that are not producing life. Slowly were making those changes, with our time, money and energy and it feels like fall, we can see things clearer with a sense of newness and excitement like a box of newly sharpened pencils! ( ok i love youve got mail, fav. fall movie!!)