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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