Let these leaves be in you, rich
in the loveliness of their renunciation.
Let the gracious confidence of trees be yours,
who offer without the smallest sense of loss.
This is simply the day it is, and the season.
There is no argument, no clinging
to leaves, or the need for leaves; no more
resistance to their falling than to their budding.
The trees do not protest, or even hope.
They calmly stand and sow their gentle
flecks of color in the woods.
What happens is perfectly all right.
Whatever departs from you will shine,
bathed in the light of your release.
Let these leaves be in you, who in the varied
radiance of their surrender say simply, “Yes.”
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Weather Report
Loss;
moderate winds of time,
increasing throughout the day,
will blow most everything away,
except the sunlight,
which remains stoutly unaffected.
Expect a warming trend,
and increasing humility.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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