Tuesday, September 27, 2011

How like a tree

Have you ever noticed how the veins and lines on a leaf look so much like the tree they come from?



Smaller and smaller veins, like smaller and smaller branches.  It makes me wonder. . .  How different can we truly be from all the other leaves on our family tree?  If my family tree is a maple, can all my efforts really turn me into an oak leaf?


Just wondering.


"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. . . 
That's where the fruit is."
~ Anonymous


(I don't know what kind of tree this leaf came from. :0)  It just caught my eye this morning while I was walking the dog.  It was so vibrantly green and big and beautiful among the smaller yellow and brown leaves.)