The Wisdom of Leaves - Continued

Good morning,

 

I've had more lessons from the leaves in the last few weeks. I have found that leaves keep coming into the yard no matter how hard I work to collect them all and bag them up.

 

This is just like work where there is a lot of tasks that come in and no matter where I am in the day and how much work I have accomplished there's always something new coming in. Just like the leaves that keep coming into my yard there are tasks that keep coming onto my desk.

 

This tells me that the work will never totally be done. I find that is a scary concept when looking at this wall of work that is followed by another wall of work and behind that yet another wall of work.

 

If I look at it this way it becomes an ominous barrier to getting work accomplished as am always looking at something larger than myself larger what that why can accomplish. But if I understand that if I do the work in front of me as it comes in front of me I am more able to handle the tasks then being bogged down by the fear of the walls that are behind.

 

It's by understanding that I can do what is in front of me and not worry about all the other work is where I can best accomplish the tasks that are given to me.

 

The wisdom of the leaves shows us that we can do a lot of work even though we can't do all of it. And this is okay, because there'll always be work, it will always be more things to do.

 

Our work is never done, it is what we do with what is in front of us that shows us to be competent workers or people who urges overwhelmed by the seas of work that are around us.

 

While I'd like to know that all the leaves have been picked up in all the work is done so I can sit back and look at what I've done I know that this is not feasible. This is something that can never happen, not in our world today, or likely to happen in the future.

 

It is up to us to learn how to navigate the seas of unending work knowing that the work that we can do is enough if we keep working. That we do what we need to do when we need to do it and not worry about what is around the bend until we get to around the bend. Just like learning how to drive a car if we focus on where we are in the road just ahead of the car we will constantly jerked the wheel left and right to compensate for once we start looking a little further down the road we get more control.

 

The wisdom of the leaves showing us how to manage work when there is an was work.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Sanford Berenberg

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The Wisdom of Leaves

Good Morning,

 

This Saturday morning and most of the afternoon, my daughter, Samantha, and I raked and bagged up leaves. As for the raking part, I used an electric blower and she used the rake. And then after the piles were made, some 15 of them, we started bagging. 

 

I made multiple piles after hearing a story of about a lady who had raked all of their leaves into a single massive pile. While they were doing that, a man across the street from them made multiple piles. That neighbor of hers was actually partially disabled so they could not move too fast. Anyway, the man made small piles and then bagged them. As he continued to rake and bag, the lady built up her huge single pile. And then she started bagging the behemoth. In the end, she saw the man who had slowly and steadily make small piles and bag them finished his similarly sized yard while she continued to chip away at the one monster pile.

 

The wisdom of the leaves tells us that we can make our work into any size pile, small or large. Its up to us, but note that when we divide the work into smaller bite-sized chunks we can do the work more efficiently and even faster.

 

As I continued on my bagging when the thought hit me that the leaves that I was bagging were not even from my house. My home as three Bradford pear trees and those leaves are small and look like an upside down heart. The leaves I was bagging were a combination of oak and maple leaves as well as some other types which came from trees that were not on my property. Yet, being in my yard, it became my duty to collect them and bag them.

 

The wisdom of the leaves tells us that when something comes in front of us, no matter where it started, it is our issue to confront and take care of. That if we do this, and everyone around us also does the same, then the issue no matter where they start or end up will be taken care of by someone. And in the end, it will be okay for everyone.

 

I am sure there is more wisdom to be taught by the leaves, but I will wait until I rest up until I share again!

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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