I have a complicated relationship with September . . . as a month. On the one hand, I love the September-fresh-start concept. But on the other, a few personal issues and hard memories have left a rather . . . bad taste . . . in my month for this time of year. I know, of course, that it has nothing to do with a month on the calendar . . . that it’s just this particular season in time, and the triggering aspect of memories. I’d already been thinking about it being time for me to let some of my September-shit go  . . . when I saw this poem/post by Donna Ashworth over the weekend.

Hello September,
The Season of Letting Go

And so begins the season of letting go when
Mother Nature shows us all how it’s done.
Let go, free yourself, shake it off, drop it, give
way for the new. Create space for new
thoughts, new ideas, new adventures and new
connections, by shedding the dead weight
you’ve been carrying around for so long.
And whilst you are there, begin reborn and
renewed, let go of old anxieties, too.
Let go of any doubts, fears or beliefs which
no longer serve you well.
Release bitterness or past hurts which feast
on your beauty.
Be brave, do not fear the nakedness as your
leaves slip away.
Mother Natures doesn’t. Watch and learn.

— Donna Ashworth

So. Onward, then.
It’s time to embrace this new season . . . of letting go.