This week, give yourself the gift of some Autumn-Inspired ME-Time NowTM! Wrap up in something warm, grab a cup of your favorite something warm, and go sit outside one evening after the kids are tucked in bed. Tune into all of your senses – the crisp feel of the brisk nighttime air; the smell of leaves beginning to change color and fall to the ground, the evening sounds around you. As you listen more closely to those Autumn-eve sounds, be sure also to listen for the silence around you in which those sounds exist. When we focus on silence around us, between and around the sounds we hear, it automatically helps bring stillness and peace within ourselves. Go ahead, try it. When you stop to focus your attention on external silence, try then to shift that focus to the peace and serenity it instills inside you. Ah-h-h… instant relaxation.