Heroes Not Zombies

This is one of my most favourite photos. I think it captures the dynamic of Nature’s seasons in a still photo.

This little leaf is frosted on the left half and still brown on the right. It’s as if we can see the moment when autumn turns into winter.

It surprises me that the temperature difference caused by the sun’s rays falling just slightly more on one half of the leaf than the other can make such a significant difference.

That reminds me that small differences can produce strikingly different outcomes – something we see in the “butterfly effect”. This partly explains why no two patients experience identical outcomes with the same intervention or treatment.

The future is not predictable in detail.

But I also see this half frosted leaf symbolically. It reminds me of the yin yang symbol which conveys the idea that opposites are inextricably entangled and work together to produce constant movement and change.

It even inspires me to reflect on the nature of the human brain with its left and right hemispheres.

Amazing where one little leaf can lead you…