The mystic poet Rumi wrote, "Be like a tree. Let the old leaves fall." Beautiful image. A tree - or any other element of nature, either living or not, for that matter - never opposes what it is given by the unfolding of its own existence. When the leaves are green, they are welcomed to stay on the branches, when they turn yellow and brown, they are allowed to detach themselves and fall to the ground, peacefully. How can "you" be like a tree? What are the old leaves that should be disposed of? Simply what you don't need any more: habits, beliefs, attachments, opinions, even people that have become obsolete, that do not provide you with new 'sap'. Such 'sap', which in trees transports the nutrients through their trunks and branches, in you provides your spirit with consciousness and creativity.
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