Leaf

Only with a leaf can I talk of the forest.

~ Visa Zhiti

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Leaves are like people.  When they are on a tree, when they look like all the other leaves and blend in... you don't notice them.  It's only when they forego the safe anonymity of the leaves on the tree that you see them as individuals.  When they burst into color - red, brown, yellow, orange - you see them as something distinct from the green branches.

 

And people are the same way.  If they huddle together, safe in the group, painted green so they all blend in with each other, you don't notice them. 

 

Who am I kidding?  You would totally notice a swarm of people painted green hanging around your neighborhood.

 

People are not like leaves.