When we used to walk the fence row of a neighboring farm property, we walk by this tree. I’ve walked by it dozens of times and admired how majestic it is. It has been there a long time and is I don’t know how tall. It is huge and beautiful. Something to be admired. This week I noticed something about this tree that I never noticed before. It made me admire it even more and taught me something.
Down toward the bottom of the trunk is a large rock embedded in it. The tree has managed to grow around it and almost encapsulate it. The rock looks to be good sized based on the curvature that is exposed. I don’t know how this happened. It amazed me that this large obstacle got in the way of this tree at some point in time, and the tree did not let it stunt its growth. It grew above it and around it to overcome it.
I thought about people that I look up to currently. I admire them as they are now, but I don’t completely know what rocks they carry with them that made them what they are today. We all have rocks placed in our way. The question is what do we do with them? Do we let them crush us or do we overcome them and grow past them to not only survive but thrive like this tree did?
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