This morning, I asked my cedar tree if I could trim some of her branches. It pained me even to consider it. I adore trees — I see them, I love them with every fiber of my being. I acknowledged that it might hurt her, and that acknowledgment hurt me. Still, I promised to honor the branches, to dry them, to keep them for ceremony or firewood.
Her response came quickly: yes — and then, almost immediately — it hurts when you trim your own branches too.
I cried gut-deep tears from my soul. Yes, I have trimmed my own branches. Yes, it has hurt more than I profess. And why do I not honor those cuttings as deeply, or as often?
Ah, but I am learning.
This fall, I am preparing for a long winter’s rest and healing season. One of the branches of my family tree has been cut — she is back with the Lord — and we are all still in shock. I will honor the road thus far, and I will expand my gratitude for the trees in my life, both those that are generational and those that are natural.
It was a beautiful exchange of giving and receiving. My cedar is offering me her boughs so I can make room for a fence — if I’m lucky — for my dogs and me. Life is a beautiful and fundamentally transactional journey, from the first breath God breathes into us, to the last, and in every giving-and-receiving opportunity we are offered as human souls walking this Earth.
Wishing you all a blessed and wonderful day.
Create a good one.
With grace and presence,
Kellie J. Wright
Transformation Guide | Author | Speaker
Creator of Internal Journeys™ Internal Narcissus™ Internal Narcissa™
Host of the From Light to Christ™ Podcast
“Truth and beauty are only a flip of the switch away.”
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