{"id":4192,"date":"2023-10-29T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/?p=4192"},"modified":"2023-10-29T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T17:02:52","slug":"rooted-resilience-how-trees-sustain-us-in-difficult-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/rooted-resilience-how-trees-sustain-us-in-difficult-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooted Resilience: how trees sustain us in difficult times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIf we surrendered to earth\u2019s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.\u201d <\/em>– Rainer Maria Rilke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am relying on trees to help sustain us during these most difficult of times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you can walk in the woods, read a poem about trees, or take in a photo or painting or precious memory, that connects you to a tree. Feel into that and consider how it nurtures you. Draw on that wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I am Among the Trees<\/strong>\nMary Oliver\n\nWhen I am among the trees,\nespecially the willows and the honey locust,\nequally the beech, the oaks and the pines,\nthey give off such hints of gladness.\nI would almost say that they save me, and daily.\n\nI am so distant from the hope of myself,\nin which I have goodness, and discernment,\nand never hurry through the world\nbut walk slowly, and bow often.\n\nAround me the trees stir in their leaves\nand call out, \u201cStay awhile.\u201d\nThe light flows from their branches.\n\nAnd they call again, \u201cIt's simple,\u201d they say,\n\u201cand you too have come\ninto the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled\nwith light, and to shine.\u201d\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Listen to Amanda Palmer read Mary Oliver\u2019s poem… exquisite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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