The splendor of leaves and life, Oct.2002:

As I look at the leaves changing to firestorm reds, pumpkin oranges, to halo golds, I think so is my life changing. Like the trees that once were envy green, they now adorn a beautiful splendor of colour yet it is only temporary. It lasts for only a short time, then what happens? The tree is stripped away of all its superficial appearances, left with the bare stems and branches.

It still stands tall and proud yet we look at it a bit differently. It is now how it began, and now as it will end, but we never seem to go "wow", now.

As my life changes seasons yet again, I think I am not much different than that of the tree. I began bare in this world. I will end much the same way as the tree, stripped of everything in between. All my adornments, all my outer beauty, all of my superficial splendor will no longer be. I will be down to the bare bones, and all that I am.

So then what does that leave? It is my spirit that is left in this world to ponder forever. It leaves me standing proud as a bare tree. After all that is what my life is about, my spirit. It is what makes people go "wow". It makes them love me, want to get to know me, or be a part of my life.

Now when I look upon a down to the branches bare tree, I think that's me one day. Hey, just me all that I am, standing proud leaving behind in this world the memories and splendor of my spirit. (Now I must make like a tree and leave, sorry I couldn’t help myself.)

©2002Nancy Lee Destiny