Happy October , Everyone ! Autumn has always been an enchanting season of mindfulness for me . Each year , when the Harvest Full Moon occurs in late September , I am reminded of what my mom , Nyah , taught me when I was a teenager regarding the various seasons we go through in our lives .
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Autumn - The Enchanting Season of Mindfulness !
by JOHNNY TAN
Happy October , Everyone ! Autumn has always been an enchanting season of mindfulness for me . Each year , when the Harvest Full Moon occurs in late September , I am reminded of what my mom , Nyah , taught me when I was a teenager regarding the various seasons we go through in our lives .
Since she grew up in the rice fields of Melaka , Malaysia , she loves using the analogy of farming whenever she wants to get her message across in a fun , storytelling , and entertaining way . Nyah starts by saying from a farming perspective , we have the plowing season , the planting season , the watering season , and the harvesting season . How well we plow the land will determine the type of crop planted on it , and how well we water the crop will determine the size and bountifulness of the harvest .
She then pivots to our daily living routine by pointing out that we naturally go through these various seasons each year as we move through life . How well we prepare our inner self determines the type of goal and desire we will accomplish , and how well we nurture it will determine the level of success we will achieve . We also need to realize there will always be unexpected challenges during the plowing , planting , and watering seasons . The various difficulties provide us with choices we need to make . These decisions will
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