Autumn Years

"If you don't talk happy and you never have a dream. Then you'll never have a dream come true."

~ Bloody Mary from South Pacific

One of the supporters of the public radio station that I listen to is a publication called Autumn Years. They publish a magazine targeted to the over 60's crowd in Bergen County.

One thing I have come to realize is that I am part of the group,this group who has entered the Autumn years of they're lives.

While thoughts of Autumn often stirs up images of piles of fallen leaves and chilly weather as a portend of the Winter that will soon be upon us, I have come to understand that Autumn is much more.

Autumn is the season of harvest.

Early Autumn has the bright warm pleasant sunny days that follow the dog days of the hot humid Summer.

The early colors of Autumn are the deepest most vibrant colors of the year.

The anticipation that accompanies the planting season of the Spring has been replaced by the reality of the bounty that we can now reap.

I am a realist by nature.

I know that Autumn is a whole lot closer to Winter than Spring is.

I also know that after Spring came Summer and now that Autumn is here, there is no going back.

I will never have Spring or Summer again.

Yes, there will be many more Springs and Summers, the physical ones, not the metaphorical ones.

However, Autumn is and can be a long and beautiful and rewarding season.

Autumn has Indian Summer's as well.

Autumn years are by no means the beginning of the end.

I look forward to and embrace all of the possibilities that these Autumn years have in store for me.

It is and has always been, my favorite season of the year!