This tree had its majestic presence in the garden at one time, but it is devoid of its earlier visual appeal. Yet in the hollow of the trunk, it offers a home for some birds. I missed photographing the mina coming in and going out as I did not carry the camera with me on that cloudy evening!
Many tree lovers prefer to leave at least a portion of a tree after trimming it well to relive its story! I feel it is a good practice if due care is taken that its roots do not give way!
A tree can physically live on even after it is no more biologically alive! It becomes a timber for multiple purposes. So a tree lives on!
This is the mystery of life as well. Life lives on beyond our mortality! It is not memory alone that lives on, but life in all its fullness in God's presence. This hope infuses an eternal dimension to our lives! We are on a journey Godward!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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