What If Trees Could Vote?

Tomorrow is election day in these United States. The whole world is watching to see what we decide. This errant thought came into my head a little while ago. What if trees could vote? Not sure where the thought came from but it brought up a cascade of thoughts about what that would mean. Trees are willing to take a stand. When they live long enough, their roots go deep so they are very grounded in the truth of their perspective. Staying in one place for so long, they are able to know their environment very very well. Through the passage of time, they have witnessed so many different phases of life in their environs so they can discern what the threats are. They get much information about other places on the planet from the birds that sit in their branches and chirp out the news. They commingle with the stars in the night sky and have deep and farreaching exchanges in the quietude. They know better than to try to accomplish anything by moving too quickly. They can dance and do, with the wind, so they are not static. They are self healing and even if lightening strikes them, they can heal that too, and then live on in a more enlightened state.

If trees could vote, I think it is safe to say, they would do so from a place of much awareness and much wisdom they have accrued over time while staying deeply in touch with their own depths and heights and commitment to doing one thing well . . .taking a personal stand. So, on election eve, I would like to request, if you have not already voted, that you channel your inner tree and hie thee to the voting poll and vote as your tree would have you do. That way, trees do get to vote! That is what I will be doing.

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