Like A Leaf
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"I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling…. The leaf told me, “No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. I am also the whole tree, and when I go back to the soil, I will continue to nourish the tree. So I don’t worry at all. As I leave this branch and float to the ground, I will wave to the tree and tell her, ‘I will see you again very soon.’That day there was a wind blowing and after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch and float down to the soil, dancing joyfully, because as it floated it saw itself already there in the tree. It was so happy. I bowed my head, knowing that I have a lot to learn from the leaf."
excerpt from “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh -
Thank you, how poetically beautiful.
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infinitesimally beautiful than LIKE A VIRGIN by Madonna....pluck for the very first time...
just a dry joke....;p
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if the leaf is being made into a bookmark ? eternal life ?
how about someone plucking the leaf and rubbed away the dirt from his shoe? Or a kid tearing it up into pieces. Death in the painful way?
How about a frightened leaf clutching hard onto the stick, afraid of falling down and down ? scared of death?
but the wind comes and blow the leaf hard, it's fingers slipping slowly from the branch that it clutch on for life? a case of untimely death ?
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Originally posted by Wiser:
if the leaf is being made into a bookmark ? eternal life ?
how about someone plucking the leaf and rubbed away the dirt from his shoe? Or a kid tearing it up into pieces. Death in the painful way?
How about a frightened leaf clutching hard onto the stick, afraid of falling down and down ? scared of death?
but the wind comes and blow the leaf hard, it's fingers slipping slowly from the branch that it clutch on for life? a case of untimely death ?
Don't think too much. Be a "simple leaf" and you will live a happier life and be a happier "leaf". �缘 ! Afterall, everything is emptiness.
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hahahaha...........be a "simple leaf " ? who don't want.
I am not thinking, i am just protraying the other aspects of being a leaf.
Not all "leaf" think alike, not all "leaf" die in the same way.