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TREES, YOU, AND ME

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I have always felt a close relationship with trees. Oaks are my favorite because they stand tall with branches outspread like arms welcoming the wind and sun.

Learning, watching, and being more like trees can teach us about life and how to live with more peace, joy, and fulfillment.

Here is a poem that illustrates how trees and humans are similar. This poem touched me deeply and reinforced what I have believed for a very long time. My thanks to some dear friends who recnetly shared it with me.

HUMANS AND TREES
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light
But stood out in the open plain, 
Never became a forst king
But lived and died a scrubby.

People who never had to toil
To gain and farm their patches of soil,
Who never had to win their share
Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became sturdy in their lifespan
But lived and died as they began.

Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength,
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and people good timbers grow.

Where thickest lies the forest growth,
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken bramcjes show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
This is the common law of life.
                          (Author Unknown)

In my book of short stories, When I Rise: Tales, Truths, and Symbolic Trees, I write about twelve different people and their journeys and life lessons. A particular tree is the symbol for each story.

Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Rise-Tales-Truths-Symbolic-ebook/dp/B0818DZPBX/ As with all my books, all proceeds go to gynecologic cancer research.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. Your comments are appreciated.

WELL BEING/AUTUMN

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A local magazine promotes contentment and healthy living in the northern section of Lake County, Florida. https://www.midfloridanewspapers.com/well_being_lake/well_being_lake_magazine/page-b-01/page_de6d38ed-de7f-5172-bd99-d69d1062d412.html

Albert Camus wrote, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Is this not a beautiful quote?

My life before cancer was like spring: full of energy, optimistic, and blooming with ideas and projects. When cancer became a part of my life, it was like the coldest and most severe winter.

However, I have been in remission for 6 years, during which I am free of the drugs and treatments that destroyed the cancer. Just as spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, so my body healed and became strong.

The warm summer days and sunshine filled me with Vitamin D, energy, and positivity. I became like the beautiful flowers and trees. I bloomed physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In the fall, I was like the autumn leaves, full of color and vibrancy. The coming winter season did not affect me as I had gained strength and fortitude to face whatever storm or cold days might appear. This season of fall, I smile with joy at each autumn flower.