Glory Days May Not Last Forever
That is why we don’t judge a tree by its leaves
I was beating myself up about why so little had changed in my life. I see friends posting their achievements online. Their smiles seem bigger and their lives brighter. I felt stuck in the same routine. Each day blurred into the next, like a never-ending cycle. I wondered if I was doing something wrong. My dreams felt distant like stars I could never reach.
I compared my journey to theirs, believing I was falling behind. But maybe, I thought, everyone has their own path. It was as I was having these thoughts that I noticed two trees. Standing next to each other, one had changed its leaves into a vibrant red and was looking as beautiful as a thing of beauty.
The other tree, well, the other tree looked just like me — nothing had changed in its life. She was still as green as a lush forest, and I could sense her longing for change as she watched her neighbor show off her beautiful colors. I imagined her thoughts as she felt less than worthy, caught up in a comparison game that only made her depressed.
“Why can’t I change? Do I have something wrong with me?”
And I could relate very much to her. I see my peers doing this and that, and I appear to remain the same. But I went home that day to learn a very important…
