When the sunshine breaks through cloud like this… I can’t help but feel optimistic. Sometimes, when life demands attention for competing issues, it can always feel a bit like being split. Too much of feeling this way leaves me in a darker place than I’d ideally like to be. We all have moments like this. It’s no use in denying it. I always find the end of summer and the start of autumn to be like this; slightly oppressive. I lament on all the things I didn’t get round to doing. The end of the year is within sight, I can touch it, and it’s a reminder of the passing of another year. Time to take stock. This year, I’ve exhausted a lot of energy on people and things that either didn’t care about me, or simply weren’t worth it, and in keeping with the season of letting things go, I use this time to reflect on such things. It feels cloudy, like they’re swirling all around me, creeping ever closer and suffocating me. There’s nothing like the regret of wasted time. But, eventually, a moment comes and it looks like this: the sun, not completely obvious, but still making itself present, manages a breakthrough. It’s the moment when I can breathe fresher air. When I can see clearer horizons up ahead. When I embrace the flow of life. The good and the bad. It’s what gives us the tapestry. It’s what gives life meaning. It’s how we learn and grow. Accept it. Love it. Now, let it go. Let it all go.