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Can you trust whatâs left when everything falls away?
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Reader, the trees are teaching again. Every October, they let go without hesitation, releasing everything they donât need so they can survive the winter ahead. Iâve spent the last few years learning that same lesson the hard way. My version of âfalling leavesâ looked like outgrowing jobs, relationships, and identities I once thought defined me. It looked like setting down roles that felt heavy but familiar. And for a long time, it felt like loss. Thereâs something disorienting about watching everything you thought you were built on begin to fall away. But in that emptiness, I started to see what was real, what was mine to keep, and what was never meant for me in the first place. Thatâs the beauty of this season: when everything external falls away, whatâs left is truth. Stillness STILL make me anxious. I am working on not filling silence with plans and projects AND learning to honor the slower rhythms. This is my nervous systemâs version of a long exhale. So this week, Iâm inviting you to join me in the pause. Step outside. Feel the air shift. Notice whatâs being stripped away in your own life and how maybe, just maybe, itâs revealing something stronger underneath. When the leaves fall, the tree doesnât apologize for being bare. It trusts its roots. Can you? |
Jess Leone
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