A Tree Breathes for Us.

A tree won't grow to its full size, 

if it's planted in the wrong spot. 

Same way, 

we too won't grow to our full potential,

 if we're not in the right space. 

We might not be keeping,

the right company 

or we're hanging on,

to negative thoughts and bad habits. 

We might be hanging on to the past, stuck with our fears 

and doubts and worries. 

All these things will keep us root bound and undernourished.

Exposed to the emotional rip, 

that will drag us out to sea 

and leave us to drown, 

in our own self pitying regrets. 

A trees duty is to shade 

and to nourish the soil around itself. 

To provide a shelter and a home to whomever needs it 

and to purify the air around itself. 

This is its nature 

and it performs its duties selflessly. 

We too must must honor our duties 

and our nature 

and perform them selflessly. 

We come from the 5 elements 

and we must all return to the 5 elements and in between,

we must follow our true nature. 

Our lungs must breathe in the purity and breathe out the purity.

Our eyes must receive light 

and give light. 

Our tongue must taste the nectar 

and share the nectar.

Our ears must hear the blessings 

and hear our blessings.

We must feel grateful 

and share the gratefulness. 

Our nose must smell only the sweetness and expel the rest,

without judgement.

 

This is the way to love,

from love, in love.