10/27/2019
I have seen this quote many times. “The trees are about to show you just how beautiful letting go can be.”
This really made me pause, It must be so freeing for the trees to let everything fall away and realize that they can face the world with nothing to hide behind. Their roots are strong enough without cover to withstand anything the world brings. The same thing can be said about all of us. Sometimes we are scared to let our authentic selves become uncovered. We think we need the status and the look and the friends and the degrees and the lifestyle. Once all that is stripped away and the person we truly are is unveiled for the world to see, we learn one thing. The people who like us will like us, and the people who don’t, won’t. We have gained the strength in knowing that, like the trees, we have let all the excess go and are still standing strong. Seasons will change and we will bloom again, without pretending, without showing a side of ourselves that is not truly ourselves. As the Trees teach us the beauty in letting go of their leaves, let that be a reminder that by letting go of everything that holds us back, we can still stand tall and show the world the beauty which we truly are.