31st May 2025
“I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn &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 & now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. Iam also the whole tree & 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 & float to the ground, I will wave to the tree & tell her, “I will see you again very soon.”‘
That day there was a wind blowing & after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch & 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.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
This illustrates a Buddhist perspective where life is not a series of discrete events, but a continuous cycle of transformation.
Let’s learn from the falling leaves & Stay blessed forever.