We seem to be in a hurry in the world to make everyone else learn some lesson. It is hard to trust that others will learn without our intervention. How hard we convince ourselves, the tree grew because of our care.
The truth is the tree did take advantage of our care but it was always meant to succeed in time.
if the teacher will teach
the student will learn
the time it takes doesn’t exist
only the love
which gentle and subtle
advances with the time
to take form in a new mind
like a seed following the light
finds it way from the dark
growing each leaf, root and branch
from a sapling under ground
the soul knows which way is up
to part the soil and find the sun
using rainy days to prepare
for spring’s summer flowering flood
with leaves or verdant hope
it will figure it out
you will figure it out
today will come to make sense
the wind will teach branches strength
the sun burn the leaves
the rain drown the roots
all the lessons we use
to find out
the teachers passage
where we find truth in our hearts
and love in our minds
