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A Lesson from Leaves

11/21/2021

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It looks like a fake photo, a stray leaf photoshopped onto an autumn scene. But it's not. First of all, I personally took the picture and secondly, I have no clue how to photoshop. A leaf really was suspended in midair, twirling, spinning, dancing, for at least 2 minutes! While nearby leaves were floating nonchalantly to the ground, this one was magically doing its own thing. But how?

I circled it from every angle, clicking pictures with my phone, waiting for it to fall at any minute.  Instead, it began turning somersaults, end over end, in some kind of joyful celebration. Then in an instant, the sun caught a thread –  the color of a cloud – glistening ever so slightly.  A spider's tricky handiwork.
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The leaf's message wasn't lost on me. In fact, I had been reading it on my kitchen chalk board every day for the last two weeks.

I found the quote among an assortment of autumn sayings. Its truth and simplicity have become my mantra over a cup of coffee each morning as I've watched leaves detach from branches they've clung to for months.

"Letting go can be a good thing," the leaves remind me. Beautiful, in fact.

"Necessary," I add, knowing that new growth will never come as long as I'm clinging to worn out routines and unhealthy habits.

What is it I need to let go of now? I never need to think long for a list to materialize.
It's the actual letting go that's the challenge.

I remember the leaf dancing in its new-found freedom, in the joy of what comes next. 
​I smile at the possibilities.

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Ellie Smith
11/21/2021 10:43:06 am

What a wonderful experience! Spiders can provide us with all kinds of magical experiences, it seems.

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vanda
11/21/2021 11:17:37 am

Lovely mantra and one that i will embrace. Letting things go is timley and letting feelings go that are a hinderance. Leting go is letting life happen seamlesely.

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Sue Baxter
11/23/2021 03:27:48 pm

Twylla, we were experiencing fall in Boston until two days ago. Many good times with old friends. Building new relationships resting on the old. I didn’t worry about letting go, but thought about building on. Happy Thanksgiving!

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