As I awoke a little while ago on a sunny Saturday morning I was greeted with my mental to do list going a mile a minute. This shocking reality left me with a sinking feeling that summer is truly over. When you have an amazing summer full of fun, love, friendship, and personal growth it is VERY hard to let it go. It was as if time was suspended for July and August which I named my “Eat, Pray, Love” summer. I learned how to eat healthy and delicious and stick to my workout routine, prayed my heart out, and learned just a little more about love. It was a journey of discovery, excitement, peace, and healing that is one I will never forget.
For those of you Meyers-Briggs junkies I am an “ENFP” – a lively extrovert, present to my feelings and drawing my energy from others. Though I have popped up as “J” in recent years due to the fact that I organize a giant life and lots of people, I am sticking to my original results forever! While I did spend the summer with a lot of amazing people, I spent an extraordinary amount of time (extraordinary for me) alone. So for Meyers-Briggs I was being an “I.” This essential time alone taught me so much that I am so grateful for and energized me in a new way.
When a period of time in our lives contributes to our growth exponentially, it can be very hard getting adjusted to the period of life we are now in. Often this period of awareness and healing thrusts us into the playing field of life where we are now asked to use the skills, knowledge, and life tools we have gained during the learning process. We look around and may feel uncomfortable or scared and long for that discovery phase again.
During my “Eat, Pray, Love” summer I learned something I have been trying to learn my entire life – patience. This played out as I became patient with the scale, men, ideas to come to fruition and more. I learned how to allow myself to be pursued and that silence is sometimes good. As a natural leader, I learned the peace that comes from not HAVING to be the leader in every area of my life.
As I graduate into fall I am reminded of the glory of this season and how it teaches us how to be. What has thrived and blossomed will too fall away. What falls is still beautiful, vibrant, and rich in its hue. As people we cannot remain stagnant or stuck in one stage, we must move forward. We must eat, pray, and love in new places, with new people, and have new experiences.
As I let go of summer I bid it farewell with grace and appreciation. I welcome the challenge of fall to teach me what is next, having faith that in the end it will all be perfectly imperfect.
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