Squirrel's really like trees. They scamper and live in them.
People are like trees. Ok, stop it with the judgmental face. It seems like common knowledge, but really think about it.
A tree needs deep roots.
No matter where the water is. No matter the type of soil. If a tree is growing it will have roots. They may be shallow but they are there. A full and thriving tree? Ready supply of water and a deep rich nutrient soil.
A tree has an ever growing trunk.
Every year a tree grows a ring. Had it been a year of drought? Tiny ring. Was it a bountiful year of rain? Thick ring. The trunk tells everything about the tree, yet most people don't get to see it. That tree has to be cut open and laid bare.
A tree loses its leaves.
Annually, people flock to mountain towns to gaze upon the changing and shedding of leaves. This happens, year after year. Ever changing the outer layer, yet nothing about this will change the trunk. Everyone sees these leaves.
A tree gives fruit.
Apple to apple, or an orange to an orange. There are apple trees, there are orange trees, and there are occasionally a few crazy banana trees. Trees are not both apple and orange. They are of completely different identity markers. Both trees, both different.
A person needs to be rooted-in something.
A person has a trunk-rather a soul.
A person loses their leaves-that person others see.
A person gives fruit-apples, oranges, or bananas.
Now, I know sometimes I look at my friend and say, "I want an orange." Problem? They are an apple tree. What am I going to do? I've got a few options:
1. Chop it down and burn it?
2. Climb and search?
3. Continue to demand?
4. Go search somewhere else?
5. Sit in the shade?
Each of these are choices to be made. Actions to be carried out, but I have found my heart is at peace when I decide to just sit in the shade.
+Psalm 1.3+
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