This tree has no business thriving here. Yet despite all the odds, beside Buttermere Lake in the Lake District, this audacious tree has fused its roots to solid rock and got busy with the business of growing into a beautiful specimen. I doubt it stopped to consider that other trees have it easier, or whether its lack of nutrient soils under-root would inhibit its progress. It simply planted itself and got cracking with what was available.
There are so many reasons that being out in nature boosts our wellbeing. We breathe more deeply when we are surrounded by trees, water in its natural space, and big sky. We look up and look around and allow ourselves to be awestruck by the world we rush through but too often ignore. It’s the greatest show on earth.
Nature is flourishing all around us, waiting patiently to teach us valuable lessons about ourselves: about growth, about resourcefulness, and about resilience if only we take the time to step into it and be receptive students to Nature’s lessons.
