The Talent Tree
A gift is a plant that with nurture will grow.
Let your seedling grow in its natural direction. Gardener, you will be under
pressure to bend that young sapling in a crowd pleasing direction, or to push
your plant towards a laboured life of producing fruit for gold. Gardener, you
will be cold-pressed to continue growing that plant in the direction that seems
to yield the most...success... status...attention... money... power... love...
so the plant and the gardener become trapped. Gardener, your tree wants to
become one with you.... and you with your plant, letting it decide its shape, size,
colour and true form. Resisting temptations to grow toward apparent greatness-
this tree, blossoming and expanding in the creative nature of a gift will take
on its most authentic forms. Not forced to become the most expected tree in the
forest, it could never be described as a bonsai. Given time to relax and not
bear fruit from time to time, to appear as if it lies on fallow ground. Not
being thrashed every season and stripped bare every time it fruits. A plant
that becomes one with its gardener is allowed to change form as often as it
must. It may appear almost dead if required. A gift that is loved, single–eyed
by a doting gardener is a precious plant that will one day resemble the
promises contained in its seed. A tree that is not overly manicured will
develop a steadfast trunk. A plant that
refuses surplus gardeners will thrive. Such a tree does not compete. It does
not need to, and this makes it free. Be that tree...... if you want to be.
