The appreciation of trees

As I get older, I appreciate trees more and more.

So much beauty, strength & flexibility. Different in each season. Timeless ......yet slowly, ever changing.

Trees are buffeted by the wind all the time, and so are we.
Unyielding limbs get snapped in two in a storm,
but branches supple enough to bend withstand the harshest tempest.

In yoga, tree pose (vrksasana) teaches us not to cling to balance;
It is not ours to begin with.
Instead, we learn to ride the waves of motion and stillness.

Balance attained through self-sufficiency supports us alone and together.