{"id":6559,"date":"2013-11-02T13:06:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2015-08-18T02:20:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T02:20:47","slug":"fall-looking-at-the-bigger-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/fall-looking-at-the-bigger-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/adirtyblonde-123.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/fall-looking-at-the-bigger-picture\/adirtyblonde-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/adirtyblonde-123.jpeg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1204348804&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"adirtyblonde 12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/adirtyblonde-123.jpeg?fit=840%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6561\" src=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/adirtyblonde-12.jpeg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"adirtyblonde 12\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seventy-degrees out today\u2014and yet it&#8217;s truly, albeit inexplicably\u2014fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Funny isn&#8217;t it, how I have the same routine, the same commute, Monday through Friday. Every day I drive down the same highway, take the same walk to wherever it is I need to be, and yet today\u2014in all it&#8217;s 70-something glory\u2014was the first day I noticed just how beautiful everything was.\u00a0<em>Is<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Note to self: stop and just\u00a0<em>be<\/em>\u00a0more often. Look. Feel. Touch. See. Observe. <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p6xDPX-2J\" target=\"_blank\">Appreciate<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something about the change of seasons reminds me to just breathe. Relax and calm all anxieties. I tell myself that I thrive off stress because is pushes me beyond my boundaries, but in reality all I&#8217;m doing is allowing it to consume me when I need breathing room most. Keep pushing, but never force things to happen. Things will happen so long as you let them; keep your eyes, heart, and mind open. Detach yourself for a moment. Loosen that leaden grip on this thing\u2014this outcome, this ideal\u2014that you hold so doggedly to. Take a step back, sometimes space is all you need to see the bigger picture. Our own thoughts and our own desire for\u2014obsession with, even\u2014imaginary control can be our worst enemy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remember: Everything is where it should be at this very moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whatever will be, will be.\u00a0<em>Que sera, sera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So yeah, it&#8217;s fall. The leaves are changed. They&#8217;re still changing\u2014just as our lives are changing, shifting. And just as it is in fall, it&#8217;s a reminder to bare all. Strip down, get naked, and see things for what they are and then what they <em>could<\/em> be, come spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Until then: catch ya in a fluffy sweater, more likely than not clutching desperately to a steaming mug of matcha.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>{photo <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiancoconut.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">via<\/span><\/a>}<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-degrees out today\u2014and yet it&#8217;s truly, albeit inexplicably\u2014fall. Funny isn&#8217;t it, how I have the same routine, the same commute, Monday through Friday. Every day I drive down the same highway, take the same walk to wherever it is I need to be, and yet today\u2014in all it&#8217;s 70-something glory\u2014was the first day I noticed just how beautiful everything was.\u00a0Is. (Note to self: stop and just\u00a0be\u00a0more often. Look. Feel. Touch. See. Observe. Appreciate.) Something about the change of seasons reminds me to just breathe. Relax and calm all anxieties. I tell myself that I thrive off stress because is pushes me beyond my boundaries, but in reality all I&#8217;m doing is allowing it to consume me when I need breathing room most. Keep pushing, but never force things to happen. Things will happen so long as you let them; keep your eyes, heart, and mind open. Detach yourself for a moment. Loosen that leaden grip on this thing\u2014this outcome, this ideal\u2014that you hold so doggedly to. Take a step back, sometimes space is all you need to see the bigger picture. Our own thoughts and our own desire for\u2014obsession with, even\u2014imaginary control can be our worst enemy. 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