Autumn Leaves

The wind swiftly lifted a single autumn leaf up off the ground and spun it around in the air before ruthlessly throwing it back down. A few seconds later, a new gust of wind picked up the same leaf and spun it around and around like a twirling ballerina. The leaf is helpless. There is nothing it can do to resist these unpredictable flights.

It must be tiring to be a leaf—-always having to go where the chance wind blows. But on the other hand, maybe it’s exciting not knowing where you’ll end up. Face it—the fate of a leaf that stays in the same place on the ground is to decompose and end up as dirt. Talk about being one with nature…