Being Rooted

 The other day when I was walking in the forest, I came upon a tree leaning at a 45-degree angle and was surprisingly still very much alive. I spent some time leaning against the trunk of the tree wondering how the tree managed to be flourishing, let alone still standing, despite its precarious position. The answer, which seems obvious now, suddenly jumped into my mind. The tree’s roots served to keep the tree well-anchored and to draw nourishment up from the ground to sustain its…