The Earth has Wisdom, for those who listen.
So, whenever you feel alone, confused or like your branches are breaking, and the weather is too much - look to me. And let me remind you that all things are meant to grow, and that it is possible to do, from and with adversity.
"Hey,
It's the tree across the street you stare at daily.
I wanted to offer you some information/advice/wisdom, if you're open to it.
If there's one thing I know - it's that you can't control the weather.
It can get pretty scary sometimes - the weather. The lack of control.
I'm rooted in the ground I stand in, I can't move (though often I fantasize about what it would feel like if I could), which means I have to withstand many different circumstances. I committed myself to the growth journey I was offered...honestly, mostly because I was curious what it would look and feel like way up there. So, I had to commit.
What I didnt know, when I made that choice, was that I would lose some of my branches in storms along the way. That I would break and crack in spots I didnt think I would. That I wouldnt look how I thought I would, or that I would change along the way.
But now, here I am. And my only job is to just be.
And continue to grow. And sway in the wind. To continue to believe and remember that my purpose is for the greater good of us all, and that I have friends and a community.
Honestly, the journey to this point has been a rollercoaster.
But now, for the most part, I just stand tall. And exist. And sway. And feel all of my branches and leaves touch, and intertwine with my friends and family around me.
Somedays I'm honestly not sure if I'll snap off entirely, or be cut down and made into something else.
I really dont know for how long I will be here, or be in this form. But I guess I'm not too worried. Because I've had a WHOLE journey to get here. And maybe it will always be this. Or maybe it will be something else.
But honestly, I'm not too sure if that matters.
Because right now I am this. And each day I take it as it comes. And appreciate what I can, in the days I am here.
Each day seems to have its own wisdom. Even if its the same weather patterns. Sun. Clouds. Wind. Rain.
It's never REALLY the same. No cloud is the exact same. No rain drop is the exact same. No feeling of wind is the exact same.
It's all uniquely different. But I can only know that, if I am paying attention to each moment for what it is. And only if I can honestly, not try to make, think or experience it as something different.
If there is one piece of information I would offer, it is that each moment has it's own wisdom. It's own autonomy. Its own journey and purpose. Just as I do.
I have to withstand a lot more because I can't move.
But you can.
If I had legs, I would walk myself to shelter when I thought the weather would be too much.
I would offer my dead branches to others in need, for fire - so they didnt feel they had to climb me or cut me down.
I would go explore other spaces, places and territories and see new sights, meet new species. And maybe find a new place to be - or a few new places to be.
And most importantly I would remind, by being, how important and special life is.
Being a tree is no small feat - and I would imagine being a human isn't either. I get the feeling we suffer the same advesity in different capacities.
But y'know one thing is for certain: we are both here at the same time in this life.
Alive, breathing, living and fulfilling our purposes and destinies.
Not only are we not alone, but we are on the same path.
So, whenever you feel alone, confused or like your branches are breaking, and the weather is too much - look to me.
And let me remind you that all things are meant to grow, and that it is possible to do, from and with adversity.
And when the wind is still and the sun is shining, look up at me and smile, give me a big hug - and ill acknowledge you too.
For appreciating the easy, and taking it in stride with the hard.
Grow on fellow counter part.
Grown on."
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