The Vital Mission of Trees
Clients and friends know that I love trees. In this magnificent world of ours, we all have a place and a purpose. Some of us have many places and many purposes. It is certainly true that trees have many purposes.
Here are just a few of the purposes and missions of the tree kingdom:
- food production for humans and animals
- bird housing
- sturdy support for exercising
- to hold Christmas and other holiday ornaments
- housing for the insects that are food for birds and other animals
- backdrop for tourist pictures
- leaf production
- nesting/birthing places for creatures
- sanctuary for cats to escape from dogs
- shade
- absorption of automobile exhaust fumes and other toxins
- means to record ancestry
- fragrance
- meditation and relaxation spot
- storage space for liquids such as water and sap especially for times of drought
- muscle stretching leaning place
- fertilizer for the ground below
- brace for a hammock
- a safe place for small animals to view the world
- place to rest after a strenuous bike ride
- protection for smaller plants and seedlings
- teachers of gardeners
- a higher vantage point for all who sit in or atop
- hillside erosion prevention
And trees continue to breathe and support us after they are no longer attached to their roots, as:
- paper
- furniture
- building structures
- half the supermarket question (paper or plastic?)
- bridges
- piers
- wood chips
- baskets
- cardboard
- bark paintings
- saw dust
- firewood
- tooth picks
If you decorate a tree in the holiday season, I encourage you to honor it and dispose of it respectfully.
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