When the fall season rolls in, there’s a quote I often see shared on social media and various blogs.
Overlaying an image of colorful autumn leaves upon a picturesque landscape, it reads:
"The trees are about to show us how beautiful it is to let things go."
When I first heard this saying many years ago, I remember feeling warm and fuzzy, like suddenly the challenges that had felt so hard to move on from, could be let go of as a beautiful part of life.
However, after hearing it a few more times, I started to get annoyed, because it seemed to only tell part of the story...
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