Autumn is from the Latin word "augere" which means "to increase."  So this fall let's "increase".

Increase our energy. We have to take care of ourselves so we can be a fill for the people around us.  Do one thing this fall that will help you feel better - walk at lunch, eat healthier or get more sleep. Take a look at what you are about to do, eat, watch, read or surround yourself with and ask, "Will I feel better or worse if I do this?"  If it is worse, don't do it!  

Increase your patience with others.  I know...easier said than done. When you take care of how you feel, you will be less affected by others.  Remember everyone has a story and a reason for why they act the way they do. Don't own other peoples problems.   

Increase your gratitude. Say thank you all day. Seriously. Start with the basics - clean water, a roof over your head, food in your fridge and that you get to live in Canada. I was humbled by a picture in the newspaper last week of a man and his boys looking over what used to be their neighbourhood in a bombed out section of Palestine.  We need to be grateful we get to live in this peaceful part of the world.

Increase your gratitude for the beauty around us.  Be grateful for the sunrise, the colors of the fields and sunsets.  There is nothing better than driving the prairie highways this time of year. Driving home from Camrose, AB before the snow, I had to stop and take a picture of a field.  I stood there listening to the crickets and breathing in the clean air after the rain.  It was simply amazing.