On Love

This tree is my temple. I sit under it to sing, to pray and just be. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is a gem that I like to revisit from time to time and one of my favourite quotes from it is about love: 'stand together, yet not too near together; for the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.' This tree gave me a deeper understanding of that quote. One clueless day I had just finished singing my celestial communications under this tree on my special hill and stood up to walk home with the doggies when a thought crossed my mind. I've always felt very at home in nature and love trees and plants, but have not yet joined the herd of tree huggers. It's a very special feeling to be in contact with the elements, but it's an activity I've not yet had the urge to engage in so I said what the heck, what have I got to lose and stood there holding onto that tree like my life depended on it. And then came the realisation: standing so close to that tree I totally lost perspective of it, I could no longer see it, admire it, I could only see the ones around it clearly. I believe that is how we are with relationships if we hold someone too close to us, we lose sight of who they are and can no longer admire them in their true beauty. Allowing space is a gift. It would have been helpful to realise this sooner, but then everything always happens at the right time and it's never too late to start doing what's right for us. A little snapshot of my post-celestial communication doggies, it's amazing the effect music and singing has on animals: Enlightened Lujzi:

And snoozing Dorka: