Halloween Reset

(Picture credit: The Autumn Soul)

It's Halloween Day -- when children parade through neighborhoods in bright costumes and laughter fills the streets, when adults let themselves play, if only for a night.

Yet here I am, sitting in the calm after a heavy week at work. I've been carrying a quiet dissatisfaction - one I mostly imposed on myself. A Sense of out of rhythm, out of sync with the pulse of life.

But today feels different. The weather is bright, the air is crisp, the mood is light with Halloween joy all around. While the world is having a good time, I retreat inward -- not out of withdrawal, but restoration. It's my day to clean up my thoughts, sorting out my mental, physical, and emotional aspects over the past few months.

Maybe it's the silence of the office once the "shows" are done and everyone has gone home. Maybe it's just the first time all week I've had the space to think and feel for myself. Whatever it is, something is easing. It's as if the bright air outside mirrors the clearing within -- a quiet realignment, a gentle return to center.