This past weekend, while I was trekking through piles of snow in the forest, across the street from where I live, Mother Earth whispered a message to me. Lately, I’ve discovered that all trees, although bare of leaves for the most part, during winter, keeps at least one leaf hanging. Go outside and look! Have you noticed? Why is this? Is it to be able to identify, which kind of tree it is?

It’s a message of hope! A nature’s way of showing that there will be life next year too, that the tree will get new leaves, when spring comes. Having one leaf hanging left, can also be seen as the perfect example of yin and yang, where there is always a little of each in both, both in constant motion.