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Be more like a tree..?
Monday is Earth Day! Thoughts of Mother Nature are appropriate! 
Being more like a tree means…
Reaching for the sky and rooting down deep.
And the deepest roots reported depth is 400 feet by a Wild Fig tree at Echo Caves in South Africa.
On the other hand, there are those tall redwoods…
And having lived on the Pacific Coast, I know that the redwoods (some more than 2200 years old and towering over 300 feet tall!) have remarkably shallow roots reaching only 6-12 feet deep into the soil.
So…what holds these magnificent trees upright in the harsh winds of the coastal climate? Two things:
- Their roots stretch out fifty feet in all directions to give them stability
- AND they grow together in groves so their roots intertwine and support each other.
We too rely on our connections with others as we support each other.
As individuals and as communities, we 
also share creative ways of growing regardless of the challenges we come up against in our enviroments.
Trees will even grow through rock. And we are similarly resilient, finding creative ways around the obstacles we confront as we move along our paths.
Contemplating the ways in which we mirror trees can enhance our awareness that we too are part of Mother Nature. And we can all learn something from this awareness!
So what lessons have YOU learned?
What can’t you see?
Ever watch a robin in your backyard suddenly dive into the grass and pull an earthworm out (that you didn’t see)? Did you know that earthworms are incredibly abundant in the soil? It is estimated that there are between 250,000 and 1,750,000 earthworms per acre! In fact, the weight of the earthworms beneath a farmer’s […]
10 fun puns!
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste […]
Focus on your focus!
If there’s one key thing to focus on in order to be happier, healthier, more successful and to achieve greater peace of mind, it would be…FOCUS. When our minds are wandering in and out of all the possible outcomes of a given situation, we need to stop and ask ourselves: Are we focused on all […]
a hack to empower ourselves…
The next time insecurity rears its ugly head, instead of being paralyzed by it, we can use that very feeling as the trigger to tack on the word yet. This word will make all the difference in our lives. It takes things from the world of the perpetual and permanent to the world of temporary and […]
Are you intelligent or wise?
So which are you: intelligent or wise? Here’s some thoughts for you to ponder! An intelligent person knows what is being said…a wise person understands what is left unsaid. Intelligence is holding on…wisdom is letting go. An intelligent person thinks he knows everything…a wise person knows that there is still something to learn. An intelligent […]
Which son are you?
A certain farmer had become old and ready to pass his farm down to one of his two sons. When he brought them together to speak about it, he said, “The farm will go to my younger son.” The older son was furious! “What are you talking about?!” he fumed. The father sat patiently, thinking. “”Okay,” […]
It’s simple AND hard…
Many things are both simple and hard! This dichotomy of “simple” and “hard” exists with many of the most common things that we want to do to improve ourselves. We humans are predisposed to favor the short term over the long term. Our modern life surrounds us with seemingly infinite temptation that is more easily […]
A kitten from heaven…
“A minister had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor decided that if he tied a rope over a large limb and tied the end to his car bumper he could pull until the […]
Aarrgg…those fitted sheets!
There it was again, sitting on the bottom of the laundry basket because I leave it for last every time. I know it should not be such a big deal, but… The thing’s got no real corners, nothing sharp and neat like a flat sheet. Everything else in the laundry basket has a process-the blouses, […]