Fall is Fun at Harris School Leaves may be falling, but books are calling at Harris School!
Falling leaves power point show
31
Photo Courtesy of tanakawho @ Flick A violent storm whips up in the mountain
-
Upload
storyoffallingleaves -
Category
Documents
-
view
1.336 -
download
0
Transcript of Falling leaves power point show
Photo Courtesy of tanakawho @ Flickr
A violent storm whips up in the mountain
sending trees crashing to the ground
Photo Courtesy of CrankyPK @ Flickr
After the storm, a sage ventures out of his hut
Photo Courtesy of stuckincustoms @ Flickr
Photo Courtesy of sharfalens @ Flickr
On the ground are leaves
of a myriad of colours
most of the leaves lying are old brown leaves
Photo Courtesy of horiavarlan @ Flickr
among them are yellow leaves
Photo Courtesy of sackton @ Flickr
there are also several green leaves
Photo Courtesy of aptmetaphor @ Flickr
Photo Courtesy of xjrlokix @ Flickr
leaves that have been bitten by insects
Photo Courtesy of colin.j @ Flickr
..… and tender young leaves that have only recently unfurled
The sage looks up…
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
most of the leaves still left on the treesare young green ones in their prime
Photo Courtesy of Here's Kate @ Flickr
there are some
young
shoots
Photo Courtesy of selago @ Flickr
some newborn ones that are
sick and yellow
Photo Courtesy of clairity @ Flickr
brown and bent ones that still cling on to the branches
Photo Courtesy of tanakawho @ Flickr
and many other leaves that have holes in them
– like the mottled brown leaves Photo Courtesy of curtdeath @ Flickr
When a storm of death blows through a family, it usually take the senior aged ones
the yellow leaves….
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
- like the middle aged ones
the sick ones – as like the leaves with holes
Photo Courtesy of dawe @ Flickr
also the young and strong onesthat are in their prime
like the green leaves
and sometimes, the storm of life takes kids, like young shoots that only sprouted recently.
Photo Courtesy of ·▪•● Peyman ●•▪·@ Flickr
Photo Courtesy of denisgiles @ Flickr
Why is my loved one taken away from me?
One asks -
Is it because something that I have done?
that infuriated the heavenly beings?
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
Or is it because something that I have
that infuriated the heavenly beings?
not done
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
But have one forgotten?
That it is only nature at work…
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
That a storm whipping through
the forest….
will leave a trail of falling leaves
in its wake…Photo Courtesy of ramson @ Flickr
Photo Courtesy of seeks2dream @ Flickr
and that human beings too,
like the falling leaves…
Photo Courtesy of Jim Delaney@ Flickr
are a part of ...
nature.
If you think this slideshow has benefited you, please forward it to:
Someone you know who needs it now
Or someone who will need it in future.
Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
Credits
Story inspired by the late Ajahn Chah.Brought to you by Ajahn Brahm, author of“Opening the Door of Your Heart” and“Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung”.
Photo Courtesy of Peter Ca-pecast@ Flickr
Music – “Somewhere in Time” by John Barry and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.Images & Sound Effects by the generosity of anonymous donors and photographers as credited.
This slideshow isdedicated to all sentient beings.
Photo Courtesy of bonguri@ Flickr
- towards happiness
- to end sadness
- to a permanent state of bliss
May all life find the way Photo Courtesy of accentoneclectic@ Flickr
