{"id":291,"date":"2019-07-16T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollinatorthereskonrad.wordpress.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2019-07-16T20:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:00:04","slug":"blog-post-5-the-attitude-of-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Blog post #4: The attitude of trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week I went running again. Completely in my thoughts, what happened \u2013 I fell. My T-shirt torn at my left shoulder. I did not continue running. Everything came over me in that moment. I thought maybe that was a sign, indicating to slow down again. I cannot remember when I was sitting, simply<\/em> sitting next to the river the last time \u2013 to just sit. Being present<\/em>, observing and enjoying this beautiful surrounding I have the chance to live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sat down\non a cut back tree, so close to the river that I could see my own reflection in\nit when I looked down. I sat there, on the tree trunk, my right hand on the second,\nconnected trunk which was cut off. I felt sorry for the tree. Or, in other\nwords: I felt connected<\/em>. Sometimes\nexternal factors \u201ccut one short\u201d. It does not need to be your decision. Things\nhappen. The tree was cut back. Also one of my branches<\/em> has been cut off recently. Looking at the tree \u2013 I felt\nthe pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be it external factors or naturally occuring, powerful thunderstorms. They might do <\/em>something to the trees. On purpose I do not say \u2018harm\u2019. Because what I could see, sitting on this tree trunk, my hand on the cut off one on the right: in between them, at their center, fresh green leaves on little twigs coming through the bark<\/em>. Yes, this tree was cut back dramatically. However, something new is on its way. It is just a matter of time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What this tree taught me was an attitude<\/em> humans need, I believe: no matter how tough the thunderstorm that shook you, no matter which external factors \u201ccut you back\u201d \u2013 it is not<\/em> the end. Branches might be off \u2013 but something new might come to life. Nothing worse. Just something different. And, yes, we have to start small again. First a twig, with some leaves, and then a branch, until at some point maybe a beautiful crown can provide shade and habitat again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u00b4m happy I\ndidn\u00b4t hurt myself more than the little bruise on my left shoulder, of course.\nI\u00b4m wondering though, if I should say I am grateful<\/em>\nthat I fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning opportunities are omni-present \u2013 provided I am willing to see it that way, and allowing myself time and space to learn<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week I went running again. Completely in my thoughts, what happened \u2013 I fell. My T-shirt torn at my left shoulder. I did not continue running. Everything came over me in that moment. I thought maybe that was a sign, indicating to slow down again. I cannot remember when I was sitting, simply sitting… Blog post #4: The attitude of trees<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constructively-dealing-with-conflicts","category-non-human-inspiration","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}