Leaves Of Color

The Grand Rapids Times

Once again it is fall; a time of serious weather change and clothing choices.

Besides the changes that obviously affect us during this time, leaves of all different colors, shapes, and sizes hit the ground.

They don’t blow around to segregate themselves; they collaborate on the ground to create tolerable living places.

Today, I looked at all of the different kinds of leaves on the ground and I asked myself an amusing question.

Why can’t my peers and I resemble the leaves?

The government creates zones to seclude some students from attending prestigious schools with other students.

The media isolates many minorities by identifying them with deceitful and exaggerated information.

Some people are deprived and others are hindered by resources that they need and resources that they could unquestionably live without.

Men hold dominance in the professional and social world.

People are defined by their social class and not the content of their character.

Are we capable of being leaves?

Do we have the capability to fall and rise with each other?

Yes, we do; we just have to realize that no matter what, we are all going to be different leaves that fall from different trees.

We all have to be able to land on the same ground with no conflict.

We should be able to attend the same schools.

The inner city shouldn’t be compacted with fast food restaurants when the greater city only has a few.

Churches shouldn’t be segregated when we ultimately are gathered for the same purpose.

We should be like the leaves.

One for the week: May God give you of heaven’s dew and of earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine. Genesis 27:28