My Brother Tree and I commune every day,<\/p>\n
this wise and kindly sugar oak,<\/p>\n
I receiving strength, peace, and courage from him.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I do not know what he receives from me.<\/p>\n
I cannot fathom what I could offer such a being as a tree.<\/p>\n
I only know that we exchange a kind of energy in those moments<\/p>\n
and that my life is gladdened by his presence.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Did you know that if you stand beneath your favorite tree<\/p>\n
and hold a spray of leaves against your face,<\/p>\n
or pick up a good handful from the earth,<\/p>\n
if you breathe in the almost magical scent of happy tree,<\/p>\n
that the strength,\u00a0peace,\u00a0and courage of that tree<\/p>\n
are infused into your body, your mind, and your heart?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Try it one day; it\u2019s real,<\/p>\n
but you have to be open to it.<\/p>\n
You have to invite it.<\/p>\n
Trees are gentlefolk; they do not enter unless invited.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
All spring, all summer, the trees labor to make leaves,<\/p>\n
flowers, oxygen<\/p>\n
for the sustaining of life on this planet,<\/p>\n
to make homes and food for birds, for squirrels,<\/p>\n
for tiny spineless beings too myriad to count.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And in autumn they rest. They shed the parts of themselves<\/p>\n
that are no longer useful,<\/p>\n
no longer healthy,<\/p>\n
no longer beneficial.<\/p>\n
And they restore themselves,<\/p>\n
readying themselves for next season\u2019s tasks.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Would that we could attain the wisdom of the trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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