Reaching down, reaching UP

Each tree grows in two directions at once, into darkness and out to the light with as many branches and roots as it needs to embody its wild desires.

                                                                                                John, O’Donohue, Anam Cara, p. 122

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life is seldom simple

it is never all joy, or all sadness

all light, or all darkness

we love those bright moments of creativity

and love

we love reaching out to the sky

arms, mind, heart, soul

open

to all that the light has to offer

but we must also be reaching down

into the depths

into the darker, more difficult moments

digging deep

into pain, and sorrow

we must pour passion and attention

into all of life, holding nothing back

for it is the roots we cultivate as we

delve in the rich earth of adversity, pain, challenge,

and even evil

that sustain us

as we reach gleefully into the sky

striving for heaven

and chasing

our wild desires

into

the vastness