Trees and Sunsets

 

My Aunt Bedra once told to me that a tree are like the people in your live. Some are roots that feed your trunk. Some Are branches that grow new buds that produce leaves that are only around for a season. Roots are our souls that feed from the earth and keep us grounded.

Their are branches and leaves that beak off and blow away as the seasons change because they have to make room in our life for the new. I have been challenged with being able tto express my feelings and thoughts about life so using the analogy of a tree is easy for me. I like to take pictures of trees. The trees that amaze me the most are leafless trees in the winter or the beginning of spring. When you can see the curve of each branch stretching out to the ski. How a sunrise and sunset looks between each curve in the branch as it stretch to the ski.

Have you really looked at a tree toward the end of winter? The way the new leaf bulbs shine with new life in the glow of the sun. I am learning just now in this new journey of my life to stop and think. Really Stop and Think. Like with my adult kids, I would often say the wrong things a lot of the times. Not realizing that they have to make their own choses. I cant leave there life’s for them. They are all grown now, over the age of 21 now and they have there own trees to plant grow and nourish. The world is so different from the times I grew up in. I had not realized the importance of having God in my life when I was a young woman. Have you ever said to your self, ” if only I know the things I know now back then”? I laugh at the thought of that fraise . I believe that’s the trick of life. because of course you cant go back but you can always keep going forward.

For me the reality of Gods purpose and plan has become a guide for me. A lot of phrases have come from deep within me like “Life Happens, its up to me how I choose to respond”, “It is up to me how I react to life changes around me”.

“REALY” Each morning when your eyes open, life is happening around you. And their is nothing we can do to stop it , even if we are no longer in it. No matter how good or bad your day is , is up to you as an individual person how you respond to the challenges around you. Don’t miss understand my words. Trouble will happen. Disappointments will happen. Hurt will come. Life’s changes are apart of life. Today I choose how long it will take me to get past the things and people that bring down instead of lift me up. I believe God places some people in our path for his purpose and plan. Rather they will be a root or just a leaf that will only be there for a season is not always up to me. So when circumstances in my life change that I don’t expect or have no control over, or when a bad day comes out of nowhere and slap you in the face. Remember you, I , have a chose to STOP AND THINK. I want to be happy. I will not let a bad situation keep me down. I choose to Use the pain and hurt that arrive to feed my roots and build a stronger trunk. How about you, do trees symbolize any thing for you? 

Stay positive… Stay Focused… Stay Prayerful…