Resiliency is one of those things that I have always admired in folks....or in anything for that matter. Being able to bounce back after a traumatic event takes toughness. Toughness is what it is going to take to get this country out of the mess it is currently enduring.
I was out back in the creekbed this afternoon when I came across something that made me believe that there is hope. A red maple tree had been severely damaged by a storm this past fall. The tree had suffered many broken limbs but there was nothing I could do to remedy the situation. For that matter, I have not been able to even get back here to survey the damage until now. One branch on the tree had been broken but not completely severed from the trunk. The part that would have been reaching for the sky was now nigh on touching the ground. At first, it saddened me to see my beautiful red maple so broken but, on closer inspection, I gained great hope from the tree. That branch, although battered and torn, had bloomed. The tiny samaras were starting to form. These seeds would soon ripen then fall to the ground to give a new start to life. Regardless of what the tree endured, it was still trying. It did not give up to the enemy. It endured. It survived. It reproduced and will make the woods great again. Life is good. Don't give up!
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