The Lessons of Nature

Fall. Funny how a time when things are preparing for sleep is also the time of harvest. I never experience fall without being reminded of my youth, when we spent autumn picking apples and making cider at our apple farm.

Perhaps it is a lesson for life-that when life seems to be dying it is also preparing fruit. I for one prefer sunshine and mild weather. But I also know that apples cannot grow unless they have a certain amount of dormant days. Without that "rest" they simple cannot rejuvenate. And dormant days for apple orchards mean freezing temperatures.

Nature gives us so many lessons. That's why stillness and quiet in nature can be very instructive. Take can apple, and sit where you can imbibe the energy of nature around you, and learn.