http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/04/green-giants-our-love-affair-with-trees/ Nourishment and inspiration for those who love the Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 21:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/04/green-giants-our-love-affair-with-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-11 April Fri, 09 May 2008 20:33:45 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=36#comment-11 Yes, I have read "The Giving Tree." Reading it has always been a painful experience; the tree gives and gives and gives, while the man just keeps taking. This book seems to be a metaphor for humanity's relationship with the planet today. We have taken so much, and if the planet is to survive, we must learn to give back, and we need to take much more gently. Yes, I have read “The Giving Tree.” Reading it has always been a painful experience; the tree gives and gives and gives, while the man just keeps taking. This book seems to be a metaphor for humanity’s relationship with the planet today. We have taken so much, and if the planet is to survive, we must learn to give back, and we need to take much more gently.

]]> http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2008/04/green-giants-our-love-affair-with-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Sondra Fri, 09 May 2008 20:25:31 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=36#comment-10 Lovely, April . . . .and a connection I have felt my whole life. Did you ever read the story "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein? It's a "children's" book and makes me sob every time I read it. Silly as it is to say, I DO like the question "What kind of tree would you be?," the famous or infamous Barbara Walters question. It says so much about a person to think of what knd of tree they would want to be. I love trees because they are rooted. No pun inendead. They are THERE. They are stable. They give and give and give and give. I had thought of being a tree person years ago because they are so comforting and sustaining and pure and stirring and so good to hug and protect. Lovely, April . . . .and a connection I have felt my whole life. Did you ever read the story “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein? It’s a “children’s” book and makes me sob every time I read it. Silly as it is to say, I DO like the question “What kind of tree would you be?,” the famous or infamous Barbara Walters question. It says so much about a person to think of what knd of tree they would want to be. I love trees because they are rooted. No pun inendead. They are THERE. They are stable. They give and give and give and give. I had thought of being a tree person years ago because they are so comforting and sustaining and pure and stirring and so good to hug and protect.

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