What is the measure of a good tree?
Is it how tall he stands?
Is it how thick and long his trunk is?
Is it how deep his roots spread?
Is it how little he bends to the wind or how he weathers the rain?
Does any of that even matter?
Are these ingredients necessities or icing on the cake?
Truth is no matter how tall he stands,
or how deep his roots are,
or how long is trunk is,
or how little he bends,
or how many environments he's weathered,
..none of it will matter.
His branches could stretch to the sun but if he doesn't have any leaves he won't measure up.
Cause whats the use of a tree that doesn't provide any shade?
Why wait for his winter to end when there's another who's forever green?