Walking Meditation (4 of 8)

Welcome to an 8 day series of photography I took while on meditative walks.

I’ve walked around this pond so many times. I was startled when nature started speaking to me. But the more I think about it, the more I’m not surprised. My mind definitely has been reframing itself to understand my Life through the lens of being a part of nature and a long history of the family of “existing”. So I walked past the pond and saw this little tree just starting to grow along the shores. As you can see, it’s much newer on its journey than its cousins on the left and right. But when I saw it, I felt it was beautiful. I didn’t compare it to the trees around it other than to notice that it was surprising to me that I thought that little tree was the most beautiful thing in the view. It made me think of myself and the journey that I am on. I feel self conscious a lot lately because I realize how much arrested development I’ve been suffering from for decades. And in many ways, I feel like I’m having to learn how to be human from scratch. Something that I feel should have been done in childhood. Alas, it was not. Is this little tree late to the game? Depends who’s asking and why it matters. In my opinion, growth is just plain beautiful, no matter where you’re starting from. I suppose that’s another good philosophy when dealing with people we think are less “evolved” than us. Everyone is growing. “People can change” - Tim Robinson.