Leaves

I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.

~ Dodinsky

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Falling takes effort, too. We forget that sometimes. To fall can be exhausting. Sometimes you have to rest along the way. Or sometimes you get caught in a trap or a net along the way. And maybe that saves you. But you'll probably gripe about it, anyway because that's how you are.