Do you take time to smell the roses? Or do you past through life never saying hello or never smiling? Never taking the time to engage in a conversation with a total stranger about the weather or a newly read book. How many new people did you meet today? Did you smile at them or hurry past with your head down and your eyes looking away? Will they remember you 10 minutes from now, or were you a leaf blowing in the wind of their existence, insignificant?
Today I watched the leaves of a tree dancing in the wind. Each one moving individually connected to a branch, a limb to the trunk. Each one part of the greater collective that makes up the tree. Do they feel or think or long for the day that they can fly free from the tree to flutter in the wind not knowing where they going? Maybe they will get lucky and land in a fertile field and become a sapling, and grow old to become a majestic shade tree. Or even yet maybe the leaf is destined to land in a river and float downstream to the sea, where it will wither away to become a building block for something new....
You never know when your smile or the nod of your head make a difference in someone's life. Insignificant or otherwise.
Today I watched the leaves of a tree dancing in the wind. Each one moving individually connected to a branch, a limb to the trunk. Each one part of the greater collective that makes up the tree. Do they feel or think or long for the day that they can fly free from the tree to flutter in the wind not knowing where they going? Maybe they will get lucky and land in a fertile field and become a sapling, and grow old to become a majestic shade tree. Or even yet maybe the leaf is destined to land in a river and float downstream to the sea, where it will wither away to become a building block for something new....
You never know when your smile or the nod of your head make a difference in someone's life. Insignificant or otherwise.