On a run on a familiar trail, I noticed a tiny sapling growing from the top of a stump of what once had been a sizable evergreen. Over the years, several devastating tropical storms had decimated portions of this park, toppling trees that had stood for decades. When the winds settled and the rains passed, the park crew went to work with chainsaws and dozers, clearing what remained of this majestic pine. The stump is now a tabletop for squirrels munching on acorns and apparently a stage for new growth.
Over time enough dirt and decaying matter seems to have gathered in the cracks between the tree rings to allow for a seed to take root, and a pine sapling was born. It's a nice example of the circle of life - the new growth arising directly on and from the remains of the life that ended. You might say, "every new beginning comes from another beginning's end" as in the lyrics of the Semisonic song, "Closing Time".
rain in the cracks, look towards the sun, and believe that growth will begin to happen if you just allow it. You will be standing tall again before long.
- Arianne
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