A leaf is an indicator. One can walk through the forest and never look up. But you can pick up a single leaf and know all sorts of information about the tree you are under. By examining a single leaf, you can tell the season of the year, whether the tree is large or small, whether it is poisonous or has fruit that you can eat … yessir, you can tell a lot about a tree from a single leaf. “You can tell a lot about a person from the leaves they drop as well. You don't have to be around someone a long time to know what their life is about. You can just examine the occasional leaf they drop.
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