Falling Leaves

[humility]

My first thoughts in my head upon reading the first paragraph was well, just of leaves floating through the air and I guess a slight relaxed emotion. I didn't quite understand how they are being carried off sadly while gladly though. I didn't have any emotional reaction at all to the second paragraph, though I did wonder whats eden for a leaf, unless you are referencing actual eden then I wondered why eden would have fallen leaves. I had to take the third and fourth paragraph together. I'm guessing this is referencing beauty in death or some other kind of philosophical contradiction? As for the final paragraph, I just found that somewhat depressing and negative. Of course I don't generally agree with any fatalistic philosophy. The passing of the generations does serve an important purpose or at least did, but there is no reason for that to continue indefinitely. Better reasoning skills taught in schools and a general culture wide shift to make people stop being embarrassed at being wrong. Would allow even the elderly to change their minds and adapt as easily as the young. This would render the evolutionary purpose behind old age obsolete.