The beautiful season of Fall is now in full effect! The season where we see the wonderful -- and soothing -- tones and colors of nature emerge. It is truly an awesome sight to behold. The distant rural horizon presents a spectrum of the mixture of brown, orange, yellow, and green kissing the sky. Leaves are changing and the trees are shedding and preparing for the incoming of new buds!

While taking in this beautiful phenomenon, it could resonate and appeal to you as well. If you were a tree, what would your leaves represent? What do you need to shed or get rid of in your life?

These questions may seem as though they are hard to answer at first, but this is a great way to spark the thoughts and reflection to get the answers.

The Foliage

What do your leaves represent? They could be toxic interests, unfruitful relationships, beliefs, habits, thought patterns, over-emotionalism, etc. They could be false views and opinions of others that you’ve held onto. Identify your leaves. Doing this is imperative because, without it, the next phase could be quite confusing.

Shedding

Once you’ve identified your leaves, it is on to the next step. Now is the time to shed your foliage! This is the purging period where you get a chance to start with a clean slate. Make room for the incoming buds to emerge without strain in the Spring season of your life. Rid yourself of unfruitful relationships, bad habits, toxic interests, etc. Those leaves are fading and adding dead weight to your life. Let them go. Some may take longer than others to fall, but you’ve got what it takes!

“Leaf” Your Past Behind

Once you’ve lost your old foliage, it will be done. The room for the buds (empowering relationships, optimism, healthy interests, healthy habits, positive views of self) will be made. Leave those other leaves on the ground to decompose and enjoy the freshness of what life has to offer!

Next time you’re outside and see the beautiful trees, remember to make like a tree!