"Let Us Not Be Autumn Fans"

The Japanese phrase, 

秋の扇 (aki no ougi)

translates directly to "Autumn Fan". 

But it translates idiomatically to 

"a woman who has lost a man's heart",

 just as the fan is forgotten 

when summer turns to autumn.

An autumn fan, of course, is purposeless. 

Though I believe we reach our greatest potentials

when our heart is bound to another's,

when one loses the affection of a lover,

a new purpose must be found.

There is always purpose for us,

always a reason to thrive.

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