Growth after a Fall

I want to share a thought I had about the fall and some ideas that we can take from it into our lives.

As the weather changes, the leaves slowly change color and fall off of the trees. Each leaf has a different color. If you take a leaf and really look at it, you’ll see the nisim of Hashm Yisbarech. Not one leaf looks the same. They have their different shapes, colors, and some have rough edges and holes in it from the cold. Each leaf represents another holy yid in Klal Yisrael. Not one Yid is the same. We all have a different color, a different tafkid. Different chesronos, different maalos. We all have our rough edges from our challenges and struggles somehow or another. Holes from experiences that made us who we are.

There are times in life that we fall. Sometimes those falls are slow and gradual, like the wind blowing the leaves off the trees. Other times the falls may be fast like a storm that rips you off of your comfort zone, the branch that you rested on for so long. But after every fall, there is a growth. A stepping stone that builds you into who you are. It gives you strength, it gives you wisdom. After every fall, there is growth. The leaves fall off, and it goes into a cold winter, but soon enough spring comes and everything comes back to life, full bloom- with vibrant colors and shapes. That is what happens to us. We fall and sometimes we are on the ground crawling for a little bit, and other times we are there for a bit longer. But we somehow gain strength and learn to walk again, and then that walk turns into a jog, and that jog turns into our neshama learning how to fly, to reach our goals and aspirations, bringing us back to our “real” comfort zone- to be living our lives with Hashem Yisbarech. Resting on the branch of Hashem’s greatness and recognizing the emes and His sweetness in every aspect in our lives. Turn your fall into a growth!