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Here's a new way to look at the wind and fallen trees.
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For the past few days, though, the wind has been doing things that are hard to see in a positive light.
Here in Jersey, we've had power outages because of fallen trees, several people have actually been killed by falling trees, and my back yard looks like a cyclone has ripped through it.
The wind combined with the soaking rain to loosen the roots of huge trees from the earth. They couldn't keep their place any longer. They toppled and fell.
The saying the bigger they are, the harder they fall comes to mind.
I suppose that just the wind alone or just the rain alone would not have caused the death of a tree that stood strong for all those years.
And, when the trees collapsed, there were consequences ranging from property damage to inconvenience to death.
A Perfect Storm occurs when an unusual combination of events creates a reaction that is much worse than expected. Like roots coming loose in soggy earth, just before a strong gust of wind sweeps by.
For me, life events can create the same type of cumulative damage. I'd like to think I've weathered my share of storms well, but some combinations just send me toppling down.
I'd like to think that no one was hurt as I fell but, like the trees, I guess we all land on an innocent (or not so innocent) bystander now and then.
Gravity and location combine with rain and wind to determine where the tree will land. Circumstance and location combine with events and choice (and other issues, I'm sure) to determine where a person will land.
At times I've been the tree. At other times I've been the squashed thing in the tree's path.
Now, here's what I've been thinking about. I've seen alot of damage from fallen trees over my lifetime, but I've never actually heard a single person curse the tree.
I hear something like "It was the wind." (or rain, or decay etc. etc.)
So, for today, here is what I'm going to try and wrap my head around...............
To all the trees that have fallen on me from time to time, I forgive you!
And, for all the times that I was the tree, I'm going to forgive myself.
The great thing about being human, though, is that, when we fall, it isn't game over. Instead of getting the saw or the shredder, we can get up, move to a new place, and plant new roots. And...if we learned something, maybe the next time will be something that can last!
For the past few days, though, the wind has been doing things that are hard to see in a positive light.
Here in Jersey, we've had power outages because of fallen trees, several people have actually been killed by falling trees, and my back yard looks like a cyclone has ripped through it.
The wind combined with the soaking rain to loosen the roots of huge trees from the earth. They couldn't keep their place any longer. They toppled and fell.
The saying the bigger they are, the harder they fall comes to mind.
I suppose that just the wind alone or just the rain alone would not have caused the death of a tree that stood strong for all those years.
And, when the trees collapsed, there were consequences ranging from property damage to inconvenience to death.
A Perfect Storm occurs when an unusual combination of events creates a reaction that is much worse than expected. Like roots coming loose in soggy earth, just before a strong gust of wind sweeps by.
For me, life events can create the same type of cumulative damage. I'd like to think I've weathered my share of storms well, but some combinations just send me toppling down.
I'd like to think that no one was hurt as I fell but, like the trees, I guess we all land on an innocent (or not so innocent) bystander now and then.
Gravity and location combine with rain and wind to determine where the tree will land. Circumstance and location combine with events and choice (and other issues, I'm sure) to determine where a person will land.
At times I've been the tree. At other times I've been the squashed thing in the tree's path.
Now, here's what I've been thinking about. I've seen alot of damage from fallen trees over my lifetime, but I've never actually heard a single person curse the tree.
I hear something like "It was the wind." (or rain, or decay etc. etc.)
So, for today, here is what I'm going to try and wrap my head around...............
To all the trees that have fallen on me from time to time, I forgive you!
And, for all the times that I was the tree, I'm going to forgive myself.
The great thing about being human, though, is that, when we fall, it isn't game over. Instead of getting the saw or the shredder, we can get up, move to a new place, and plant new roots. And...if we learned something, maybe the next time will be something that can last!
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Amen!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 03-14-2010 at 01:22 PM by orionchika 
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Posted 03-14-2010 at 01:30 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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There is something very appropriate about this when considering the upcoming Easter and spring season, a time of renewal. Thanks, Sandy.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 03-15-2010 at 12:35 PM by Christine43
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I'm so glad you found my blog CHristine! You make a good point about the season. The whole yard is FULL of dead branches that have fallen from the trees...those are my old icky ways! Here's to new and better ways!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 03-15-2010 at 04:34 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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Don't feel bad, Sandy. My yard looks like a mine field. The grass continues to grow only in stubborn patches for the past few years no matter what I do. A landscaper told me the whole thing would have to be dug up and started over and I am not in the budget for that so I plan to plant huge sunflower plants all around the border of my fence so noone can see the yard this year! It's all in the perspective! The flowers will be beautiful so who cares about the yard and the boys can run around like lunatics in it w/o me freaking out. Dead branches can be a wonderful thing, btw. Tristan used to use them as wands before he got his realistic Harry Potter wand. I will always have affection for branches and twigs! Have a great day!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 03-16-2010 at 11:46 AM by Christine43
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The image of Tristan using the dead branches as wands is adorable! I love the way kids can turn objects into all sorts of useful tools...even magical ones!
My lawn is probably as bad as yours. I've been thinking how nice it would be to make a few burms in the front and landscape with shrubs and other plants that would require less water and chemicals that a lawn.
That has been in the back of my mind for a while now.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 03-17-2010 at 04:04 AM by Sandra Bostwick
