Wisdom from the woods

Have you ever walked in the woods and just felt? No thoughts, just feelings. What did you feel? Scared, happy, awe, reverence? I have at times felt all of these things; I think we all must at times. But how many of us are given the opportunity. How many of us take the woods for granted and just assume that everyone has access. I have and still do sometimes! I can’t imagine a life without trees around me.

Trees are and always have been my saving grace. They are my life line back to the earth and balance. I am by nature an earth child and the forests call to me. I love the oceans, and the mountains, but the trees are “home”.

They say that trees are memory keepers. I believe that! Think about it each ring of a tree captures the time in which it grows. It absorbs the air, the emotions and I believe even the thoughts that take place around it. It encloses it in a time capsule. These memories are just there, waiting… waiting for someone to come and share them to learn from them. But many of us have either forgotten how or are afraid to take the time to remember, to connect with the trees and share their memories and our own. Once upon a time this was a natural occurrence, sadly; not so much anymore.

Have you ever taken a second to talk to the trees? With word or thought or energy sent out through touch? What did you feel, hear, sense? They will answer if you wait for it. It will take some longer than others to answer they have been asleep/ignored longer. But if you have patience and love in your heart they will hear you. There is so much power/knowledge waiting there. It is sleeping, waiting…waiting for someone to care enough to stop and ask. I don’t “hear” the trees as in words, but I can feel them the share energy with me. If I send energy or thoughts of love to them, they send them back. I can tell when I or someone has been there before, the energy levels are higher and response is faster. I receive a burst of energy back that sends cold chills up and down my spine. And not the scary kind.

Next time you are near the trees just send out a thought. Such as “Hello, my friends” See if you get a response. Don’t be surprised if there is nothing the first couple of times, just keep putting it out there. When they realize that you are really there, they will respond. Remember some of them have been sleeping a very long time and they may think that you are just a pleasant memory, a dream.

Walk in peace my friends and have a bright day!