It's time to turn over a new leaf for Fall! Can you believe Autumn 2019 is already here? Yes, Fall officially arrived with the Autumnal Equinox on Monday, September 23rd. Time flies like a jet plane!
Saying goodbye to Summer will, no doubt, be difficult for some. But this Fall promises to bring many surprises along with the season's harvests and swirling leaves of red and gold.
Along with Autumn, Hurricane season has also arrived. Hurricane Dorian has already left a devastating mark, not so much in the States, but in the Bahamas. Praying for all of those who have lost family members and loved-ones. Also, and especially, sending up prayers for the valiant first responders, as well as all those, unfortunately, still dealing with the storms' aftermath. However, stay strong everyone for joy, does indeed, come in the morning.
As the seasons change, Autumn is the transitional season from summer to winter. It is a time of bright, brisk mornings, shorter days and longer nights. A time when the last September tomatoes signal summer's final goodbye.
Autumn is a time for letting go of all that is non-essential, that is not connected to your purpose, all that is holding you back from connecting to your destiny and realizing your dreams!
Autumn is the quintessential season of harvests, contemplation and lessons learned. This Fall 2019 is the perfect season to reflect and proclaim Compassion, Integrity and Humanity.
What lessons have we harvested, as a nation, in 2019? Rather than promoting division, let this be the season that we multiply our happiness by striving to form that more perfect union! This is the season to rediscover that moral compass that so many seem to have, temporarily, misplaced. Embrace civility, reject hostility. E pluribus unum! What do you say, my friends?
More than anything else, however, Autumn is the season of Thanksgiving! It's the special season of appreciation and gratitude - a time to count your blessings, and name them one by one. Yes, a time to count your blessings, and see what God has done! Let's enter this new season with a new attitude of gratitude - an attitude of being a blessing to others!
Wishing You Abundant Blessings, Happiness and Success this Fall 2019, and Throughout the Year! God Bless!! ~ Kenneth Lillard
Be sure to check out my other online publications on this site. Hoping you'll find something here you'll like.
Books currently on my nightstand:
An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, Hardcover
Becoming, Michelle Obama, Hardcover
The Bible, YouVersion, and Several Hardcover Translations
Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Kindle
Bluebird, Bluebird, Attica Locke, Hardcover
The Bondwoman's Narrative, Hannah Crafts; Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Hardcover
The Dragonfly Sea, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Hardcover
Educated, Tara Westover, Hardcover
Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjai-Brenyah, Paperback
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay, General Editors, Paperback
The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell, Hardcover
On The Come Up, Angie Thomas, Hardcover
The Source of Self-Regard, Toni Morrison, Kindle
Art below: 'A Portrait of the Author as a Young Man.'
Saying goodbye to Summer will, no doubt, be difficult for some. But this Fall promises to bring many surprises along with the season's harvests and swirling leaves of red and gold.
Along with Autumn, Hurricane season has also arrived. Hurricane Dorian has already left a devastating mark, not so much in the States, but in the Bahamas. Praying for all of those who have lost family members and loved-ones. Also, and especially, sending up prayers for the valiant first responders, as well as all those, unfortunately, still dealing with the storms' aftermath. However, stay strong everyone for joy, does indeed, come in the morning.
As the seasons change, Autumn is the transitional season from summer to winter. It is a time of bright, brisk mornings, shorter days and longer nights. A time when the last September tomatoes signal summer's final goodbye.
Autumn is a time for letting go of all that is non-essential, that is not connected to your purpose, all that is holding you back from connecting to your destiny and realizing your dreams!
Autumn is the quintessential season of harvests, contemplation and lessons learned. This Fall 2019 is the perfect season to reflect and proclaim Compassion, Integrity and Humanity.
What lessons have we harvested, as a nation, in 2019? Rather than promoting division, let this be the season that we multiply our happiness by striving to form that more perfect union! This is the season to rediscover that moral compass that so many seem to have, temporarily, misplaced. Embrace civility, reject hostility. E pluribus unum! What do you say, my friends?
More than anything else, however, Autumn is the season of Thanksgiving! It's the special season of appreciation and gratitude - a time to count your blessings, and name them one by one. Yes, a time to count your blessings, and see what God has done! Let's enter this new season with a new attitude of gratitude - an attitude of being a blessing to others!
Wishing You Abundant Blessings, Happiness and Success this Fall 2019, and Throughout the Year! God Bless!! ~ Kenneth Lillard
Be sure to check out my other online publications on this site. Hoping you'll find something here you'll like.
Books currently on my nightstand:
An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, Hardcover
Becoming, Michelle Obama, Hardcover
The Bible, YouVersion, and Several Hardcover Translations
Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Kindle
Bluebird, Bluebird, Attica Locke, Hardcover
The Bondwoman's Narrative, Hannah Crafts; Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Hardcover
The Dragonfly Sea, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Hardcover
Educated, Tara Westover, Hardcover
Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjai-Brenyah, Paperback
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay, General Editors, Paperback
The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell, Hardcover
On The Come Up, Angie Thomas, Hardcover
The Source of Self-Regard, Toni Morrison, Kindle
Art below: 'A Portrait of the Author as a Young Man.'
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