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Nice play with the words, Mitch. I think I am living a life that I wasn’t meant to live, but I made my choices so.. 😦
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Few choices are permanent. God may yet steer you into new waters.
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I keep steering away, I don’t know why. 😦
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Praying for you.
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Fallmost! I love it! It’s to be nearly 80 degrees here today and tomorrow. Ready for cooler nights and more baked goods.
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Me too, Nancy! It’s 90+ here, but supposed to drop into the 70s this weekend.
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love the term “fallmost” Wistful is a great description. Melancholy also seems appropriate. Is some of the wistfulness because we have come to the end of another summer and we did not accomplish quite all we had intended, either responsibilities (re-work the flower garden) or recreation (take that trip to the Rockies.)
If we were not meant to live in the imperfectly familiar, where were we meant to live?
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Bob, I address that question in the last of my 3-part series “C.S. Lewis and Me” (or, rather, Lewis does). You may wish to start at Part 1, but here’s a link to Part 3: https://mitchteemley.com/2014/09/06/why-i-believe-c-s-lewis-and-me-part-three/
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Great thoughts!
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Interesting thoughts, reminds me of times in life when you complete something, yet the new beginning has not started yet. It is a kind of transition, a time to collect your thoughts reminiscences and prepare for the new start. In Croatia, we call this time of year “bablje ljeto” (“granny summer”) which is an allusion to the Czech term “babi leti”. It describes spiderwebs which exist only in autumn. The Czechs were reminded of the gray hair of their grandmas and came up with a term
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“Granny Summer.” I love it.
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That’s awesome play on words! I love fall… I love something in every season!
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“The imperfectly familiar.” Yes. Change makes me anxious, but I like to think that when the imperfect has passed away (and me with it), the Perfect will wrap round and warm me like my favorite blanket, only better.
Thanks for this!
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Beautiful description of season’s transition…and I love the way you apply it to pur transitions as well. Quietly powerful, Mitch!
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Beautiful thoughts, with the opportunity to expand. This helps one to understand that this is only temporary. Thank you for the great words.
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An interesting quote. I believe my eternal home will be even more beautiful than fall and all the amazing colours.
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I read this to my teenage daughter, Autumn. She really liked it. Thanks
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;>)
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