It seems fall has sort of arrived. Our trees have dropped most of their leaves and we spent several hours yesterday and today getting ready for winter.  We must have raked up 15 bags of leaves, even with the help of the lawn mower, and today we cleaned windows and screens.  It’s well past time for the first snow, so I want to be ready.  But there was one big difference between yesterday and today; we are back on Standard Time.  I always feel so closed in this time of year, when the sun is down at 4:30 and it’s dark by 5:00. Even having it light by 6 am doesn’t really help my feelings.  It’s just having to “gut it out” until December 21.  And so it is with life.  Sometimes you just have to wait until things get better. 

And so that is what I am doing, waiting.  It drives me crazy because I prefer to make things happen.  But I can’t do that, make things happen I mean.  I can’t make the election be over, I can’t make it snow, I can’t make anything happen.  With time, the election will be over (Tuesday), eventually my business will grow, and at least once before June 1, it will snow. 

So I will wait and do the things I always do.  I will take care of my family, I will workout, I will sing, I will practice piano, I will see clients.  And sometime, when I least expect it, the waiting will be over.  The sun will come back and I will feel free again.