It is springtime.  Flowers are coming up.  Trees are in bloom.  The birds and insects are active.  The woodpecker is doing his thing.  And, Maurice, the neighborhood rooster, is very happy.

I was sitting on our balcony looking out onto the flowering trees in the garden.  They give me food for thought.

The flowering trees burst into bloom early in the spring — even before their leaves burst forth.  They put their energy into beautiful flowering displays — even before they achieve any “return on investment” from the energy produced by the leaves with photosynthesis.

As I sat there, I wondered what we could learn from trees.

You may not agree with me but,   That is how I see things.

Mark Louis Uhrich

Maisons-Laffitte, France,  22 April 2022

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