Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Lessons From Autumn

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Hello all,

We are living through changing times. This is always the case, and still, certain times seem to have an acceleration of changes, disruptions, and uncertainties, and I've been feeling as though we are in that space now.

On October 7th, I reflected back to a year of deadly wars (in Ukraine, in Israel and Gaza, in Sudan, and more), a year of divided political campaigning, a year of universities wrestling with free speech and social activism support and restrictions, and a year of challenges to libraries and IT operations from bugs to budgets! Feels like a lot.

And then, a beautiful ray of sun shines through a fall leaf on campus - and students gleefully paint pumpkins at the fall festival, and I can relax for a minute. As I need to. As you probably need to.

So, take a few moments to relax now...

Four Lessons We Can Learn From Autumn

“Be like the trees and let the dead leaves drop.” - Rumi.

All the best,
Holly

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