When it comes to the trees and me, sometimes we agree. It's important to rise above the common level, we agree, and to reach towards the sun, the light, the bright. Also to grow deep roots, that when pressed, will break concrete and anything else in the way, if it becomes necessary to maintain solidarity. And to have a strong core, with the flexibility to sway as life plays its course through your veins. We agree too, that the more branches you allow yourself, the fuller you become, more complete and well rounded, but... too many branches unpruned will, in the long run, cause your entire system to become taxed and tired, and the entirety of your fruit suffers for it. We agree that it's nice to be surrounded by others like ourselves, but that it's important to maintain our own structure within the grove. We agree that the sunlight is nourishing, but that the moon's forces are centrifical and undeniable, and equally impacting and valuable. We agree that it's almost impossible to have too much water on a sunny day. We agree that there are times when we must give our branches up, that others may make better use of them, but also that there are times when too much is taken from us, and we've no defense to stop it. We are both deeply wounded and bleed when this occurs. We agree that the wind makes beautiful music through the leaves of our branches, and we agree that some things were simply meant to be.
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Yes - some things are meant to be.