Lesson from a Tree

Life is about flowing, not forcing.

Proppelled by consciousenss,
water runs its course,
and it always flows downhill with gravity.

It does not force nor defy.
It simply is and flows masterfully
without forcing and without trying to be.

In the likeness,
a tree does not grow tired of standing.
It does not mind all the beings that come to rest near its trunk, and on its branches,
and it never wonders why it too cannot lay down,
nor does it attempt to defy what it is,
nor does it force upon itself anything;

It just flows.

It endures.

Even if it is about to be engulfed by flames,
a tree does not run,
nor does it attempt to,
it simply surrenders to the fire,
and it becomes engulfed by the flames.

It surrenders,
because a tree is designed to be still,
and in its stillness,
it is flowing.

To move,
for the tree,
would be to force,
which defies being,
for being,
simply is,

It does not try to be.