Do you notice how, when the blooms are all out, you can barely see the branch from which they grew? I have decided that I want to be that branch! You know why? The branch does not have to worry about the tree from which it grows, nor whether the sun or rain nourishes the roots…it just trusts the tree to feed it what it needs. All of those beautiful blooms…they are not there forever, but instead live out their purpose and then fall away on the wind.

But the branch, well, the branch just needs to make sure it stays connected to the tree that it grew out of. If the branch falls away from the tree, it will wither and die without the trees protection. If the branch stays connected, and focuses only on becoming a better branch, then, the next year, it produces even more of those beautiful blooms. The branch is still there, but all you can really see and smell are the blooms that were created from the tree itself. Hmmmm….

I want to be a Branch!