Think how many long years this tree waited as a seed for an animal or bird wind rain to maybe carry it the right spot where again months seasons change until time and temperature were fine enough coax swell burst its hard shell so could send slender roots clutch at grains of soil let tender shoots reach toward sun decades centuries thickened climbed grew taller deeper never knowing if would find water light when conditions be keep on spreading leaves adding blossoms dancing Next you see think much hope holds