Tenacious Autumn Leaf

Patches of sunlight filtered through the branches of the front yard tree. 

The autumn attire, thousands of brilliant yellow leaves, looked almost golden against a perfectly blue sky.

The air was crisp and on the cool side.  Leaves crunched under my feet as I made my way to the car.

Such days in this most blessed of seasons make the heart sing. 

Slipping behind the wheel, I looked out in front of me.  Fallen leaves had piled up in the space at the bottom of the windshield. 

I started the car and backed it up out of the driveway.  

One solitary leaf clung, shown in the top photo, clung to the windshield and I couldn't help but wonder how long it could hang on.

All the way to the end of the street, the leaf remained, then detached and took off in a gust of wind.

It made me think how human beings, too, can be tenacious. 

We hang on sometimes in the worst of circumstances.

Then, there comes a time when we can finally let go.

And then we're free.

 WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT MOTHER NATURE?