Fall has returned! In this season, nature lets go of its abundant creation of the past year in a grand final display. Leaves turn brilliant colors and drop back to the earth, enriching it to promote next year’s growth. In autumn, we can learn more about ourselves because, after a harvest, everything is bare. Autumn marks the end of the growing season, so it becomes a natural time to turn inward. Outer-directed energy falls away to be replaced by reflection and then creation.

Autumn is the season that teaches us to let go. evgenyatamanenko/iStock