What is it about fall?  You go from sitting in the sun enjoying a frosty beverage with friends and family in August, to watching all hell break loose around you in September.  Your footloose and fancy free days have disappeared with your flip flops and you’re wondering how you’re going to keep up with the responsibilities you’re up to your knees in.  Or maybe it’s just me. 

On bad days I get that whiney “why is this so hard??” internal voice.  And on really bad days it’s my outside voice too.  Sometimes I get a feeling that if I wasn’t such a putz I’d be coping better.  Sometimes just trying to prioritize feels more monumental a task than just *doing* the thing I should be doing. 

And then I ran across this quote from His Holiness the Dalai Lama:

“If when we get into a difficult situation our will or courage lessens and we fall into the laziness of feeling inferior, thinking that we could not possibly accomplish such a difficult task, this diminishment of will cannot protect us from any suffering. It is important to generate courage corresponding to the size of the difficulties.”

So in other words - it’s going to be hard anyways, so suck it up.  Either do the thing or ditch the thing - but either way stand tall, head held high and rattle on through. 

I’ll give it my best.  Courage to you all.