Acorn

You know when you're truly blessed when you can appreciate the small things of life. Fall always makes me thankful that I can hear the leaves blow around, see the vibrant color of the leaves, and feel the chill of the first real cold blast from the North.

I was packing up my personal things from my office when I found an old small acorn (about an inch and a half tall) that I've had for about 6 years now. That acorn is important to me because it reminded me that no matter how bad my day is, or how much I've been through, I can always get through it and see that tomorrow still has promise. I've almost always been an optimistic person, and during the one time in my life when I wasn't, this acorn was a small thing I noticed one day after realizing that today was better than that yesterday. Which at that time was a huge deal. I felt like I had broken the cycle, or at least interrupted it and that I knew I was returning to myself again. I was able to appreciate life's little treasures again, and that's why I would have found the acorn on that day but may not have found it the week before.

I've kept that acorn because it reminds me of where I've been and how I made it through it.