a falling leaf
finds a new home

When a tree drops a leaf, it begins to fall. It cannot help but fall, and it will not stop until it lands. Even when it lands, it will settle further, relaxing into place.

Life’s difficulties are like this. The leaf falls, and we can panic, but we can’t stop the falling. The best thing is to simply observe, remaining aware that the leaf is falling, but that it will not fall forever. It has to stop somewhere. And in that stopping, everything will change, again.

This is the pointing of my teacher, but also my own discovery, from experience. It is true.

If we stop panicking, fighting and resisting, and simply let go, becoming the floating leaf, all will be well.