Fall or Fool?

There comes a time when we look out the window and we notice that the world is changing around us. The clear blue skies are faded with clouds and dotted with rain, the green green trees will soon bare their skin and the winds change to chill. Yes, its been a year, and fall has arrived. But is there a clue in the name ‘fall’? Is it time for the great times of the summer to end? If the world changes around us then will it change us? Or do we decide our own fate? The question is is it time for fall or are we the fool of fall?

In a world where there are so many mysteries of the past, present and future we all question our ability to change. Do we step into the unknown? The mystery of the future. Do we stay on the same tracks? Do we live our life or liven up our life? Is it our choice? There are so many questions, so little answers when making the decision. Is it time to step into the unknown or carry on the path. We are sure that winter will follow autumn will follow summer will follow spring, but can we be as sure that the decisions we make are right? And how we will know if they’re wrong?

Sometimes there comes a day, maybe a week, maybe a month or even a year where we will experience some of the greatest moments of our lives, sometimes we will sense the opportunities to take, and we will know by pure coincidence or by pure faith that the decision we make is right. And sometimes that’s all we need. A little faith. There are those who don’t believe, they don’t feel our passion, they don’t feel our need, they don’t feel. And even if there is no one who feels, apart from you, then that is all you need.

Not to say that you won’t be tested along the way, if the doubts around you aren’t tests already. There are decisions to be made along the way, we can’t have an easy ride it just wouldn’t be an adventure without them. But we can smooth out the bumps and cushion the collisions. Friends, family and memories can spare us the hardship and push us, propel us from dream to reality.

With a new season comes a new change, the leaves may begin to fall, the temperature may fall but there is no need for life to fall. While the seasons may have changed and the view from the bridge may be completely the same it all looks so different, and that’s because even if we’re standing on exactly the same spot we are in a completely different place. Its amazing what a year can do, we can become something we never knew, reveal something that we always kept hidden or live the life we always liked the sound of. We can come closer to a dream or develop a new one. And if we’re reaching for the stars our head could surface the clouds, or surpass the sky.

Yes, the seasons are changing, the world is spinning, time is ticking, and all the while if we’re not moving then we’re standing still. And standing still in a moving world is like going backwards. If life is what happens while your busy making other plans then a fulfilled life is one with lots of plans, and change is what happens when you’re chasing them. The window may look different but mirror even more so. We can decide our fate if we try hard enough, and try we must because the day has come to tell us that life is too short.

For Tom.