316 VIBRANCY COLORS THE FALL OF MY LIFE

Four seasons of each year
Four seasons of each life
In this Fall Season of my life
Watch as I embrace the freedom
To color out of the lines—guilt free!
Coloring out of the lines is one thing
Coloring—guilt free—is another!
And as my eye delights
In the vibrant reds
And startling yellows
Which color the foliage
Amid a back drop of tall evergreens
Watch as I consciously chase black clouds away
Thus enhancing only the blues
Which paint themselves so brilliantly throughout
The sun-kissed sky above your head and mine
And since my mind has good reason
To feel as light and bright
As today's far reaching horizon
Watch as I blow away
Black and blue marks from yesteryear—
Which had darken my view of—myself
Watch as today's well earned sense of clarity
Offers me this conscious choice
Upon arising—Every Day:
Watch, as upon arising—each day
I re-center my sense of inner peace
By commemorating
And thus celebrating

Every good fortune

That has come my way!

Watch as I give thanks to my parents

For sprinkling sunshine, sweetness ...
Salt and a pinch of pepper ... over

The spring and summer of my life
Thus offering me sugar and spice to
Ready me for that which
I'll experience throughout my life

Watch as, at each year's end

I learn to send out the old

And welcome in the new

Watch as I acknowledge

A conscious appreciation

For the bounties of love, friendship and self respect

Which maketh my cup runneth over

Year in and year out

In short, watch as I learn

That the cheese, which nourishes my soul

Doth not remain in the same place

Throughout all four seasons of life

Watch as my mind opens

To befriend swarms of

Insights—

Which enable me to see

And embrace classic truths

With a DEEPENING sense of REALITY than ever before

Watch me come to see where and with whom I'd been blind

And thus, rather than watching me withdraw, shrink, and wizen

Watch as My mind grows expansive, elastic, and wiser with age

Watch as I learn how to stoke my own fires

Watch me rekindle the flame

Which energizes my heart, spirit, body and soul

Watch as Spring turns to Summer

And Summer to Fall

Watch as the Winter of my life begins to unfold

Not withered and cold

But balmy—passionate and bold

And if you ask, Annie—

How can one grow to fear loss
Which accompanies the winter season of life—less

I'd answer quite truthfully ...
In hopes of welcoming my  'golden years', gracefully

Watch as I ...

Develop my sense of self-trust, honestly, by
Exploring my subconscious fears, courageously

You see, the winter season assuredly demands
A robust, and thus, honest assessment of
Vulnerabilities and strengths
From one and all