There’s no doubt about it – the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and soon the leaves will begin to turn in shades of red, yellow and orange. On crisp cool days of autumn, I remember riding my bike with my friends in the neighborhood, and occasionally we would pick up leaves and take to school to share the shapes and colors with our classmates.
Choosing love, joy, and oneness with God each day often reminds me of childhood bike rides. It can take a bit of work to get going at first. You can even feel like you are pushing your bike up a steep hill full of problems, work, and worldly concerns. Once you get going, however, you find that the ride becomes easier and easier. Soon you feel like you are flying along without even having to pedal at all. Soon you feel wind blowing in your face, joy filling up your heart, and love radiating from your soul. You find yourself laughing more, smiling more, and singing more. You find yourself sharing more, giving more, and helping more. You find yourself loving others, spreading joy, and living the way that God meant for you to live. You find yourself realizing that God is love, that life is joy, and that we are all God's children.
If you choose, then each day of your life can become a fantastic ride of love and joy that takes you a little further along the road to Heaven. The longer you ride, too, the less steep the hills will become. The longer you ride the faster and smoother you will go. The longer you ride the more you will feel God pedaling right along beside you and smiling all the way.
May you share the color of your heart and light of your soul with everyone you meet. May you bless this whole world with your kindness, goodness, and oneness with God. May you live a life of such giving, sharing and caring that even after you pass from this world, what you did and who your were will continue to nourish the hearts and souls of those still here. May you live in love and joy today, tomorrow, and forever. And may you always remember to enjoy the ride!
Let’s all embrace this beautiful season—Sherry will be scheduling Fall Bus Rides—where you will see first hand Autumn in Western Kentucky. I encourage you to take advantage of these and future outings !
Until next month,
God Bless you,
Nancy
Perhaps the most famous icon of the holiday is the jack-o’- lantern. Various authorities attribute it to either Scottish or Irish origin. However, it seems clear that it was used as a lantern by people who traveled the road this night, the scary face to frighten away spirits or faeries who might otherwise lead one astray. Set on porches and in windows, they cast the same spell of protection over the household. The American pumpkin seems to have forever superseded the European gourd as the jack-o’- lantern of choice
