The verse found below was sent to me via SMS (yep, it's one of those forwarded SMS stuff friends send to each other's mobile phones) and it really had me thinking. After pondering about it for quite some time, I realized how applicable it can be to human relationships. I guess, the timing just wasn't right when one of my friends sent this "Food for Thought" of a message to me. I got it at a time when I've done a lot of reflecting and started seeing some of the people in my life for the first time...even though I've known them for years. It kind of made me sad. But, what could be sadder than realizing that a friend you've cared a lot for so many years turned out to be a "fair weather" friend, after all?

I've always cared sincerely for all of my friends...and I even walk the extra mile for every single one of them. All because I cared. I've always been the kind of person who considered friendships/human relationships far more important than anything else in this world. But, I guess, there simply comes a time in life when we feel like we've given so much, too much...and there's nothing left to give anymore.

Right now, I just feel like burning my bridges with some fair weather friends....

Anyway, I will leave you to ponder on this relevant verse:

Who's to blame for why the leaf fell of the tree? 

Is it the wind that knocked it off the tree?

Is the tree which let go of the leaf?

Or, is it the leaf that had finally gotten so tired of holding on to the tree?

What do you think?