Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Trees reach upward as an effort to communicate with the sky. Nature constantly strives to connect with the transcendent.
- In plain terms
- Trees grow up to speak to the sky.
- What can you take from it?
- Nature strives to reach the transcendent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does nature speak to you?
- What does reaching upward feel like?
Another view
It attributes intention to biological processes.
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