Falling for the seasons

Seasons really amaze me, and no season captures my attention more than fall.  We are currently in the peak part of the season for colors right now.  For those of you that maybe reading from a far off land like Korea.  The rain is about to blow them away though.  Why is life such a balancing act when we humans naturally favor consistency?  You know what I mean?  Maybe for some people it is not.  But for a melancholy chap like myself the emotional roller coaster is a little frustrating.  Sometimes I get just get a little down, some would call it mildly depressed.  But why?  Life is so good.  I think it is the change that has been occurring in my life and in my mind.  Stella is gone to Korea for 6 months, it is hard adjusting to the fact that she will be gone for 6 months!  It feels like it should be half over, but their are still 23 weeks left.   Also I am preparing my mind for the days after college.  In fact I am figuring out what I will do during those days after college, let alone what it will feel like.  For some people the biggest change in your life will be high school to college.  For others single to married, still others encounter a life changing experience when they enter retirement.  For me, I already feel the change of College to "THE WORLD".  My analogy for the change is This.  You are swimming in the ocean.  After just recently being taught how to swim while wading through the shallow depths of the ocean, you have your eyes fixed on a distant island that is full of happy people.  You think that it is a long way away, but you realize that the distance might be worth it, worth the success, and the accomplishment.  Also there is no fun to be had on the beach, as it is not a very pretty beach, and everyone you know has already left the beach, and is swimming toward the island.  And you trust your new found skill, but you are also fearful also that you might not be adequate.  Your hope is that if you fail to sustain yourself that your friends and family that are partaking on this journey as well are near you so that they can help you right the ship.  You are happy to realize that it is early in the day, and that although the Island is far, the morning reveals that the sun will guide your journey until the distance is conquered.  You wade in the water as far as you can, hesitant to take each step, but you do, without being able to see where you are stepping (the water is mucky, it is a beach on the gulf, probably somewhere in Alabama).  And then all of the sudden the the ocean shelf just drops off, the ocean floor is no longer capable of sustaining any of you above the water.  So you must use your new skill!  And that is entering into the workforce.  You can go back a little bit, maybe get another degree, practice your new skill a little more, and you will feel more equipped and feel more confident in your new skill.  Now what is interesting in this analogy is the sun.  It is there to guide you the whole way, what if you just don't want to swim to the island though?  Those who will take the sun for granted will not use the sun for its intended use; to get to that island, I call it the island of peace.  Because this island represents The fulfillment of God's plan for our lives.  Anyone who doesn't want to go there will reject the suns intended use.  And although they can do whatever they want to with the light, (Life, and Gods gifts he has given them), in the end of the day, when the sun goes down, the only safe place to be is the island of peace. Because anywhere else is infested with sharks, or man eating bears, depending on where you are at. Just kidding.  I really think this transition will be hard, and great for me at the same time.  I just thank God for the seasons.  He knows exactly how to humble me.  I came out of the church yesterday and I was just in awe of the colors.  The fall makes me feel two things to me.  It shows me the limitlessness to God's Beauty.  And it also shows me how small I am.  I don't know how, but I can sense those two things when I marvel at the most beautiful season of all; fall.

I want to comment on Barack Obama now.  Because some people are confused at why and how so many African Americans are saying that this is a huge victory for their people, since he is half black, and half white. Honestly for me, if I was black this would be a bittersweet victory.  But still a victory at that.  No but the answer is simple, most of them don't know he is half white, I am kidding.  But seriously, for anyone who understands the plight of the black man, they will understand that for them to see one of their own being elected into the highest office possible in a country that had suppressed their rights for so long is monumental!  This is similar to the declaration of independence.  Saying that hey you tyrants, you jerks, you once had us in your grasp so tight that we could hardly breathe, but now, you can't touch me.  Not to say that they are saying each caucasian is responsible for all their problems in the past.  This is a huge victory, one of the biggest victories that could actually happen.  Could they become the majority in America?  No.  How about make all of Washington of African American descent not possible.  But what gives them honor and power is the fact that one of theirs is president.  Why are the whites not claiming it?  Ok, who would savor the victory more?  A team that has won the superbowl 43 straight years, or the team who has never gotten close to the championship, and then wins it for the first time.  I am so happy for this.  Honestly, to have someone that is half white, half black, praises our differences and celebrates our diversity.  And it emphasizes a rich cultural diversity that cannot be matched by any other country.  

Oh one of my editors caught a mistake on my last article, apparently Obama is against free trade as well.