This Is Your Permission To Let Go

Maria Schlosser
The Shortform
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1 min readNov 16, 2022

The One Scary Life Lesson Autumn Teaches Us

Illustration by Maria Schlosser

As the seasons are changing big trees’ heart seems to be changing as well. Deep-buried emotions rise to the surface.

The countless times they were not given a voice to speak. Silenced. And the moments, they chose not to act, despite their ability to.

The things they did, haunt them. And those they didn’t, weigh the most. Whatever it is about autumn and the wish to let go. They feel it this year.

They want to shed whatever clings but no longer serve. To let go of their past and focus their energy on what they truly are.

Not on who they’ve been.But on whom, they’ve become.

Imagine living without having to carry this weight with you. Scary is big trees’ first thought. But imagine. The wind whispers in their branches.

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Maria Schlosser
The Shortform

passionate writer. voracious reader. enthusiastic traveler.