I could be like a leaf

I'm driving back up to Northern Michigan for the weekend and I am so excited. What a perfect example of the joy in the journey. I know the drive will be beautiful, as it always is. Last weekend the leaves were light green or yellow, edges red. Some trees were completely changed and we could see them drifting away with the wind. I am sure nature's transformation, like mine, is again coming to its peak.

I love how nature always allows me some introspection. There is always a reflection of myself in the world I am seeing out before me. The first leaf to fall does not stop to wonder if falling is the right thing to do. Others are not wondering when to let go or how to best create beauty. Surely the leaves are not grieving the months spent full of life. It is all simply happening, in the bluntest description: naturally. Life takes over, the ebbs and flows of Mother Nature allows plants, trees, shrubs and blossoms to fall away.

Perhaps I could be like a leaf in the peak of autumn... without thinking so much about holding on, but rather, letting go when it is time. Allowing the wind of my desires, inspirations and urges to guide me through my naturally beautiful expression of Self. I could be like a leaf, wisping away with cool air, creating fascinating sights in my dancing, as i curl just above the ground of my personally paved path. I could be like a leaf, offering contrast to the Earth, in my colorful presentation and natural being in joy. I could be like a leaf, enjoying the journey of being carried by the elements themselves, seeing other pieces of the world offering all that they do as they pass me by, one at a time.