Allie Gonino Instagram – It’s #earthmonth and I want to take a moment to remind you how awesome #trees are. I have always felt a deep affinity for trees. I remember once walking on a quiet street in Germany at dusk, yellow street lights glowing, and a light mist hanging in the air. I had my headphones in, listening to music, and happened to look up as I was approaching a tree, and a wave of emotion in the form of grief came over me, followed immediately by gratitude for this tree. I couldn’t really explain why. It didn’t seem particularly old. But for a moment I saw myself from the tree’s perspective: whole, and for who I truly am – without the humanistic bullshit we constantly project onto others, and ourselves feel ensnared by. I felt seen by a tree! 🥹 It spoke to me as if to say, “Remember child, you are the dreamer. And I am so happy to be in this dream with you.” And with that revelation, even if only for a brief moment in time, I felt kissed by truth. I remembered the sacredness of our relationship to trees. That we couldn’t breathe without each other.
So normalize hugging trees and thanking them. Normalize planting them when we’ve cut them down. Normalize preserving very old trees. Normalize seeing trees as a very integral, non-judgmental part of you 🌳 | Posted on 14/Apr/2024 03:24:24
