I am changing direction... I am growing up... a sapling slowly turning into a tree; its root system deepening and widening, connecting with other trees, with other life forms and the energy in the soil; my branches reaching out into the air, the sky, catching the energy of the world, harbouring loved ones, providing a home - even if only temporary - for others. I still have a long way to go. It is a slow growth, but persistent - I can't stop it. It keeps coming back to knock on my door (the door of the house a little mouse has made itself at the base of my trunk :). That is the natural course of life.
But still I wonder: what is
my course of life? I have an inkling now, but it's not yet graspable. I can't pick it off a tree yet, like I would an apple, thinking: "This is
my apple now. I am going to bite into it and taste its deliciousness and relish it ... and share it! I know it is just right for me."
