Let the Dead Leaves Drop

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Let the Dead Leaves Drop

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

                                             Rumi

After the intensely active summer months, autumn calls for calm and introspection. Looking out of my window I see the birch leaves fall. A certain melancholy touches me, but then I remember Rumi’s words: be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. It is good to be reminded of how important it is to let go of what is dead in our lives.

Nature is a mirror of human existence (or the other way round) and now is the time to let go of what we do not need anymore. Everything from clothes we have stopped wearing and books we will not re-read to habits that no longer serve us, or values that no longer reflect our true selves - we need to let it all go.

If you look at the tree that is your life, what dead leaves should you let go of in order to make space for fresh ones?