Dear God/ess, I am thinking about my favorite tree today. Do all of us have favorite trees that speak to us everyday or in memory, as Betty explained to us everyday?

The tree that speaks to me everyday, actually a pair of trees, resides on the bank of the Conestoga River that flows by my house. These are brown locusts, one pictured here, and they are mighty, quiet beings who always, always have my attention.

We built a cement stairway to the river between these two trees. A huge Groundhog hole exists beside the one tree. What an underground home she must have intertwined with that intricate and ancient root system!

I can see these trees out of every window in the house and out the wall of windows in the nearly finished renovated barn room which will soon be a strategic part of the Blue Heron Farm Spiritual Retreat Center.

I went out this morning to take a picture of the Brown Locust and across the river saw a herd of deer run at full speed back and forth on the expansive flood plane there.

I began to think, then, that nature in this way offers us multiple signs of destiny and purpose everyday. Our job is to get out in nature and learn to recognize these signs. We learn to align ourselves with these while perceiving the luminous world of energy and spirit that resounds through us, around us and in us as we witness these beautiful nature creations.

Standing in the presence of the Brown Locust and the beautiful Conestoga River awakens a joyful expression and communication with the seen and unseen worlds. I feel as if this tree is the greatest healer of all because she literally extracts intrusive energy and emotion from my psyche every time I stand in her awesome presence.

The tree allows me to walk through life with protection and light, bringing peace and beauty to everyone I meet today, and everyday.

Om, Peace, Amen

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