Some days friends or family accompany me on my training walks. This day, I decided to "introduce" my walking partners to an amazing and magnificent, sprawling tree that I had met in the forest.
The delightful spirit in the tree bewitched us and brought out a playful nature to our early morning walk. Which lead to several questions for pondering, that I believe to be true.
Do trees possess intelligence and wisdom?Do they crave and enjoy love and attention the way we humans do?
Are there spirits dwelling in trees that communicate with humans?Is playfulness a "language" that is understood between trees and humans?
When we walk in a forest and feel calm and relaxed, is that feeling evoked because the trees are eminating vibrations of peace and serenity?
I know exactly what you mean about the sense of peace and tranquility in a forest. I believe it comes from the presence of the trees, and I think they bring us this sense of peace because the pace they live their lives at is so much slower than our own. Time passes, for them, on the same level as the grinding of the earth's plates against each other, or the formation of stalagmites in a cave.
ReplyDeleteWe cannot hurt them, because any injury we inflict on them will be felt as infinitesimal pinpricks so fleeting as to be almost undetectable. We can wound them though, so we do need to take care.
Here conclude my thoughts on the lives of trees!
Hi Rita, Thanks for visiting my blog. Come back anytime. I am enjoying yours. Looks like you are working hard in 'training'. There's no better way than walking in the forest ---and no prettier way!!!! Your photos are GREAT.
ReplyDeletePlease come back to my blog and I'll return to yours.
Hugs,
Betsy
I've often felt that trees communicate their peace to us, at least. Beautiful forest photos.
ReplyDeleteHi Jay, So well said. That is how I feel about trees too, as you may have gathered from the post.
ReplyDeleteWe can learn so much from nature, if we can only be still and listen.
Rita
Hi Betsy
ReplyDeleteIt's more like "playing" hard for me. I love being surrounded by nature, so it is not work at all. It is a joy!!
Rita
Hi Janie
ReplyDeleteYes, there is a peacefulness that can be felt if we just listen and look for it.
Rita
Rita, I find there is a serenity in nature that is hard for us to mirror, but if we just stop to enjoy the silence or hear the breeze moving through the trees we're halfway there. Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you'll visit often. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteHi Mary
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with you, "the serenity in nature" along with the peascefulness and beauty is what makes me love it so much
Rita