Dreams

How many seeds can you hold in your hand? Look closely. Each one holds the promise of a tree. Can you imagine it? A whole grove in your palm!

In the long lifespan of a tree, being a seed is only a fleeting moment. Yet that brief instant is like the fulfillment of a dream of flight. It is the only time a tree is untethered from the earth, free to journey.

Perhaps, without even knowing it, you have taken part in this very journey. Remember brushing the tiny seeds of a birch from your shoulders? Or gathering chestnuts from the ground?