There is nothing more beautiful than standing back and
watching a tree. Particularly a coconut or spindly palm
tree bending and flexing in the breeze. Watching the leaves dancing in the
wind. Shaking it off and welcoming it back again.
The long spindly trunks deceiving us with their helpless
looks. Only to see them buffeting the wind. Standing firm and strong against
it.
Palm trees are some of the most beautiful yet resilient
trees in the world. Whenever I look at one I feel a sense of peace come over me
because they always conjure up thoughts of being in utopia. Paradise - a place
of escape. And yet they can withstand the harshest of storms. The strongest of
tsunamis.
This photograph I took reminds me of how fortunate I am to
live in a place full of palm trees, blue skies and puffy white clouds. A place
where we get more sun than rain. A place where the colours of the rainbow can
be seen in most every place we turn. A place surrounded by turquoise seas.
This is my reminder today to breathe. To inhale. To
appreciate. To go with the flow. To be in the flow. To look at this picture and
imagine myself in those trees. A part of those trees. Listening to the stories
they could tell of all they have seen, endured and heard. Of all that has come
and gone. But still they stand. Growing toward the sun for nourishment.
Let’s all use this photo today when we feel we can endure no
more. When we feel we are being stretched beyond what we thought we were
capable of being stretched to. Look at this picture and see how small we really
are in this thing called life. How things that were here before us will be here
after us. Forcing us to question whether whatever is causing us aggravation at
the moment worth it?
I should think not because in the grand scheme of things
life is too short to worry about things we cannot change when we should be
glorying in the beauty of the trees.
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