...whether they be a physical,
mental, spiritual, emotional, financial or any
other menacing type of force...
this
"Tree of Life: Hope"
is posted here today in honor of several
special individuals
in my life
who are enduring painful physical struggles.
Several are engaged in
hand to hand combat with cancer.
This is posted also
as a reminder to each of us
that
whenever things in our lives turn in a downward spiral
we are not alone.
There is a whole battalion of family,
and of loved ones,
and armies of friends, acquaintances,
and
ordinary everyday people...some of whom
we might not even know...
but
all of whom are people who
genuinely care and stand at the ready
like a mighty tree
offering shelter in a dark frightening forest.
These are the people who will pray for us
and
who will champion our cause
and
who will bolster our spirits
with wishes of
strength and hope...for body, mind, soul, and heart.
I am one of those.
Grab on to one of our branches
and feel fortified, comforted, and soothed.
We are here for one another.
We are each others
best support and softest place to fall.
We have deep roots in faith and hope and love
It is our gift to you.
(For LEG and family ♥)
"Lord save us all from...
a hope tree
that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."
~Mark Twain
"Hope
is that thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without the words
and never stops...
at all."
~Emily Dickinson
...Tree of Life.
"Cactus Monday"
