the stream and he asked me once again “what would you do if it were just me and you?” i was at a loss for the right words to say to properly answer his question and he waited.
i found myself looking at a very large oak tree that was in front of me. i saw the details of the trunk and the little life giving veins in the tender leaves and the roots beneath the ground. what i saw was not just a tree, but the individual parts that made up the whole tree. and i saw how important all these parts were to the life of the tree and 