I'm not much of a gardener. In fact, I know very little about gardening but I do know that it is wonderful therapy for many people. I don't understand gardening, yet I have learned a valuable lesson from a tree.
Years ago, we lived on a large acreage and over the course of any summer, trees seemed to spring up out of nowhere. It was as if they had some special magic like the seeds in the story, Jack and the Beanstalk. In a matter of weeks, these alders would grow tall and if we didn't get rid of them, they would easily take over the road.
It was not difficult to eliminate them as they had a meager root system. The tree could be several feet high with roots that were only a few inches deep. If you leaned on them they would uproot.
Real Trees 'Know'
What I did not understand was why some trees took so long to grow and these grew so quickly. I asked an avid gardener friend and her response was, "Real trees know better than to go up until their roots have gone down. Trees that last," she said, "have as many roots underground as they have branches above."
BAM! That hit me hard. It rang true when thinking about life and what matters. I applied this concept when I share on optimum health.