the tree

[Waya Ageyuhi(Loving Wolf)]

The Tree
"How can I do what you say," asked the child, "and still be me?" "Look at me," said the tree. "I bend in the wind, droop in the rain.Yet I always remain myself, a tree."
"Look at me," said the man. "I can't change."
"Look at me," said the tree. "I change every season from green to brown to green again, from bud to flower to fall......en leaf. Yet I always remain myself, a tree."
"I can't love anymore," said the woman. "With my love, I have given away all that I am."
"Look at me," said the tree. "There are robins in my branches, owls in my trunk, moss and ladybugs living on my bark. They may take what I have, but not what I am."
Whether we know it or not, we are like the tree. Only our pride hangs on to a false sense of self, wanting to keep everything, refusing to follow advice or orders. What we do doesn't matter; how we do it is what counts.
~Author Unknown
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[Ms. Down-to-Earth]

This is a good lesson - all of us can take something away from this.