Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Tree with the Beautiful Branch

A hollow, burned out old tree trunk stood on a farmer’s land. But out of the battered and scarred hulk shot forth a vibrant branch, full of blossoms.

Some people came and saw the tree. They said to one another, “Let’s cut away the old trunk, so that we can better enjoy this beautiful branch.”

“You fools!” cried the farmer. “If you cut down the trunk, the branch will die too!”

But they did not listen to him. They chopped down the tree and stuck the beautiful branch into the dirt. But without roots, it quickly withered and died. And the people stared stupidly at it, trying to understand what had happened.

2 comments:

Andrew Conard said...

Kyle - Thanks for the post, I particularly enjoyed this one.

Kyle said...

thanks, Andrew. I really appreciate the comment. It's important to remember that you can't have the beauty without remembering here it came from.