Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The pause that refreshes.



Wie geht's?

Each Christmas this tree in our back yard loses all of its leaves at the same time, and grows new ones at the same time (well - roughly - over the space of about two weeks).

I like this idiosyncratic tree - it has grown up with two trunks! Gotta have respect for its sense of adventure and originality.

The leaves thing has us flummoxed because we are in the summer season and consistently experiencing warm days (mid twenties).

What it does do is give us a visible symbol of renewal leading up to the new year.

Seneca in On Tranquility of Mind says:

The mind must be given relaxation - it will rise improved and sharper after a good break.

I think that's what our tree is doing. It clearly can't handle being in full leaf for the duration of the summer so it is taking a break, relaxing, and rising up again, with new leaves - improved and sharper after a good break.

I am having a relaxing Christmas break (with painting jobs added in, as previously indicated) and hope you are too, wherever you are in the blogosphere.

Love and peace - Wozza

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Out with the old in with the new.Trendy tree.😁