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A sunlit autumn park with a paved path curving from the lower left into the distance between rows of maple trees. Fallen leaves in orange, red and gold blanket the ground on the right and spill across the path. The trees overhead glow with bright yellow and orange foliage, lit from behind by low sunlight that casts long shadows across the walkway. To the left, a grassy green slope rises beside a second, narrower path, and a soft haze fills the background, where more trees fade into the light. No people appear in the scene.

Ask Internationally-Known Author Donna J. Jodhan – Motivational Medicine for October

Published September 28, 2026 by Donna Jodhan

October 2026

Now, I am going to present you with the following prose and hopefully this is going to inspire you to wake up your mind and imagination and see how you can spark and stimulate your creative juices.

Tell me what you think by writing to me at donnajodhan@sterlingcreations.ca

October arrives like a quiet turning page.

The air changes first — subtle, almost secretive. Trees let go of what they no longer need, and somehow, in their surrender, they become more beautiful. That is the lesson October carries: growth is not always loud. Sometimes growth is release. Sometimes strength is choosing peace over pressure, patience over panic, and purpose over perfection.

This month, do not measure your progress only by how far you have gone. Measure it by how many times you refused to quit. By the mornings you got up when motivation was nowhere to be found. By the moments you chose hope, even in uncertainty.

October reminds us that endings are not failures. They are transformations. Leaves fall, not because the tree is weak, but because it trusts there will be spring again.

So walk into this month with courage. Start the project. Send the message. Learn the skill. Take the risk your future self is begging you to take. You do not need to have everything figured out to move forward. Even the moon changes phases and still lights the sky.

Let October be the month you stop doubting your becoming.

You are allowed to outgrow old versions of yourself.

You are allowed to begin again.

You are allowed to believe that better days are not only possible — they are already making their way toward you.

And when the nights grow longer and the world becomes quieter, listen carefully: your dreams are still alive. Your story is still unfolding. Your time is still coming.

October is not the end of the year.

It is a reminder that there is still time to bloom.

 

To learn more about me as an award winning  sight loss coach and author visit www.donnajodhan.com

And to learn more about me as an award winning advocate visit www.sterlingcreations.ca

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