He grabbed his coffee and sat down to write his story. He had had the idea when he was walking back home. He needed to write it before he forgot it.
“The tree had been on that spot for all his life. He had watched so many people pass by him. Sometimes, they would come and sit with their backs leaned on him. He liked it. Sometimes, kids would play around him. He was always there.
He had a good friend, water. He seemed to be sleeping. He wished he would wake up now. Oh, and he did!
‘Hey, what’s up!’
‘I am good. Missed you tree.’
‘I did too! Hey, I got a question for you. I have been thinking about my stability, how I am in the same place all the time. You always move. I want to be like you for some time. How do you do it?’
‘Really? I always admired your stability. I am all over the place. You are not.’
‘Really? Do you think we can exchange, then? You become me and I become you?’
‘Not really. I think we should stay as we are. When I am too much all over the place, I like the fact that I can come to you and find the stability I want to see. And I am also sometimes stable. Like now, I can stay and talk to you.’
‘And when I see activity, I watch you. And also, it is not that I don’t move at all. My leaves and branches move a lot.’
‘There you go!’
‘There we go!’”
As he wrapped up his story, his wife walked in. She was the tree and he was the water.
This story has meaning and understanding in it. I enjoyed reading a talk between a tree and a person. Sounds reasonable to me.
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Thank you!
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You are welcome
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This is so simple but so many people lack understanding of this in reality. Always wanting to be something but themselves. We’re all here for a reason and there will always be someone that appreciates. Overall, Love your stories and what they represent! Keep it up!
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Thank you so much for the nice comment! Indeed, we often try to be someone else. It is best to make the best use of what we have.
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Yes totally agree! Such a deep topic right! Keep up the work ❤
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Thanks a lot again!
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I’ve always enjoyed stories and poems that give human qualities to things of nature. There’s a word for that – can’t remember it right now. Anyway, your story illustrates an important point – we are created with our own uniqueness… and trying to be someone else is fruitless! Also, it proves how clearly opposites attract. Good job! I love ❤️ it!
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Thank you so much! I think humans are a small universe and so are trees, water, mountains etc. We share qualities. We represent them and they us.
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Hey Erabsi, so lovely story with a great lesson. Really loved it.
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Thank you!
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You are most welcome
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Story is fantastic, and the photo more surrealistic than realistic, which I like the most… 🙂
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I think I like surrealistic photos better:) Thank you for the great comment!
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Before I was affraid of for ex. surreal works of Salvador Dali, now I admire them the most…
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I think I find such works deeper. Not that other works are not, but they tell me beyond what is seen.
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Yes, they hide the things that most people don´t understand or are affraid of…
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Exactly! We fear the unknown and unseen
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Fear is probably the biggest flaw of the human society.
I wrote about that in the posts “Fear – The Everlasting Enemy” (https://libertasnova.wordpress.com/2018/11/17/fear-the-everlasting-enemy/) and in the two-part short story “The Fear of the Nature” (https://libertasnova.wordpress.com/2018/12/15/the-fear-of-the-nature/)…
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I had read one of them and I just read the other one! You have many good points there!
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10ks! Fear is one of those hard-to-explain things!
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True!
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🙂
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It was so pefect❤️
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Thank you!💜
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I really like this story.
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Thank you so much! It means a lot!
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I enjoyed that! Thank you for writing it! (:
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Thank you for taking your time to read it!:) And the lovely comment!
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