Ever notice how anything in life can teach you if you let it?
While on retreat recently, as part of a group exercise I was invited to choose a leaf from a table covered with leaves of all shapes, colours and sizes. The beauty of fall lay before me.
While initially drawn to the intense red of the Japanese Maple, I found my hand reaching out to this leaf.
I didn’t question it or try to convince myself otherwise. I simply trusted my intuition, something I sometimes forget in the busyness of life.
The invitation was to notice if the chosen leaf had anything to teach me.
Funny how the oddest things seem perfectly natural when I’m on retreat.
Up in my room, I placed it on the desk where I did my writing.
And so I sat with my leaf.
