Branching Your Life

This was one my very first essay I wrote back in the late 80's. I new to the "new age"..."new thought" ideas at the time. It made me feel, think and reflect on life.

A new born human being is life a tree sapling just planted.  We come into this life small, not knowing in the beginning how tall size, what color, or how beautiful we will be as our life progresses.  Our life on Earth is like a new tree branch throughout it's life time on Earth.

 

A human being does have an advantage over a tree (or do we?).  We can form, alter, extend our branches to reach far above the Earth, just like a tree.  We can actually branch much further than a tree.  Some trees have beautiful blossoms, some have nuts, fruit, and some just have leaves.

 

Like trees, each human being is different, although we all have similarities.  We have the ability to blossom our lives and extend our branches in many directions.

 

We do not have to depend on the weather, climate, or sun to grow and prosper.  Every Spring a tree starts a new beginning.

 

Every day of our life can be a new beginning, new sapling planted.  The only thing that stops us from branching out is our own fear and doubt. 

 

Our obtacles from growing are ourself...not our parents...peers...teachers...job...or life in general.

 

How far do you want to grow and how high do you want your branches to reach and extend?

 

One's success in life is measured by the fullness you have experienced in each moment of one's life. 

 

As long as we keep trying our branches will be never ending.