作者：Brigit Anna McNeill
我们的生命不是线性的，而是像四季一样，我们起伏不定，我们周而复始，我们由盛转衰，我们瓦解又复原。
秋天和冬天提醒我们，我们的终结是自然的，不是毫无意义的，也不是彻底的失败，
而是生命、是成长的重要部分。
当我们敞开心胸，接受我们的腐朽所教给我们的事，它会哺育我们的种子，以更深的自知，以勇气与关怀。
它会成为肥沃的腐物，我们从中长出新枝。
原文：
Our lives are not linear, but like seasons, we undulate, we spiral round, we wax and wane, we unravel and restore.
Autumn and winter remind us, that our endings are natural, not pointless or complete failures.
But an essential part of living, of growth.
And when we open to the teachings our decomposing brings, it will feed our seeds with a deeper knowing of self, with courage and care.
Becoming the fertile decay, from which we grow.