The
tallest
trees
own the
deepest
roots.
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They're
grounded
and
faithful
to
where it
began,
where it
belongs.
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People say
the greater
you are,
the lesser
you need
to
depend on others.
That's a
lie.
As
kids,
it's
easy to depend
on others.
As
adults,
we're
conditioned to
think
maturity
means
being
independent,
and that
is
strong and mighty.
Trees
can't pretend
to be
strong and mighty
but
people can.
They
appear
to be.
Independent
people.
What's the first image
that pops to mind?
That's it.
Strong and mighty.
Gentle reminder:
it is
appearance.
A mega sized
plastic tree
can look
magnificent too.
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The
oldest trees
are the
tallest and mightiest.
They appear to be
independent
but
look
beneath.
Look
inside.
Its
roots,
its substance,
are as wide and heavy as
its crown.
Its ability to
experience
and
withstand
years
of
unpredictable circumstances
lies beneath -
its secret
is
knowing
where it
belongs
and
cleaving
onto it
through the worst and best
seasons of life.
In the worst times,
in the most brutal situations
that tempts and forces
it to give up and crash,
Trees,
their roots
dig deeper,
reach further out,
and
cling onto
where it belongs.
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As kids,
we cleaved onto
our parents.
As teens,
we cleave onto
friends.
As adults,
we tend to
shift gears,
from
living things to
things.
We cleave onto
money,
career,
cars,
social networking.
The life
seems to
be
towering
higher and higher
but
it seems
so shaky
you
worry day and night
when it'll
topple.
Catastrophe.
Destruction.
That's the price of
saying goodbye
to your roots.
Nobody is so mighty
that
he can be independent
forever.
Uprooting yourself
and
saying goodbye
is the
first step
toward
murdering your life.
A person who's
totally independent
could appear
massive and immovable
but
his
pride,
his inability to
kneel, bow,
admit his weaknesses,
ask for help
and
receive
what he
doesn't have
will
always fall,
and usually,
suddenly.
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