Cat
My goal was to try to write in this blog once a week, but it seems like I am little more sporadic with my posts. Oh well…

I went for another hike yesterday. I did the Aspen Vista hike again (pictures from last time below), but this time the trees were bare with little to no yellow leaves. No pictures this time of the hike, because sometimes I just want to focus on the task at hand.

The hike was a different type of beauty than before. The trees looked old and sleek.  The mountains looked like someone carved them from a stone block because of the greyish, polished feel of them. While on the hike yesterday, I was reminded of a nature metaphor that I mentioned to clients during a hike at work.  I told the clients that the changing of leaves reminded me of the cycle of dealing with problems or issues in ones own life. I told clients that Fall is when you begin to realize you have a problem and then you begin to deal with the problem. After dealing with the problem, the problem can sometimes go away or die, like the leaves and plants dying in the Winter.  Then the leaves grow back and life is good for awhile (Spring, Summer). Then sooner or later though problems arise and you have to deal with new issues ( the cycle of seasons).  I told this metaphor to clients who have addiction issues in their lives. Some of these clients are truly trying to better their lives, while others continue the cycle of bad choices. Just thought I would share that.  Hope it makes sense…  Tell me if it does not and I will try to reword it.
Cat