{"id":1223,"date":"2023-11-29T14:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2023-11-29T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:52:02","slug":"life-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/bg\/life-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Life tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maggienazer.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231112_180018-1-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago I was given the task to first imagine, then draw my life tree. As I heard the invitation my mind instantly pictured the tree I had marveled at several times in the previous days while walking my dog in the garden close to my apartment.<br>It is a big, strong tree, full of color. And importantly, it grew amidst nothing but gray asphalt pavement, its invisible roots penetrating the earth somewhere deep out of sight.<br>Oh, how I cried as I shared this to my group therapy folks. As much as I wanted to share a happy story, the happy story of my favorite tree and the joy I accessed within myself while looking at it&#8230; There was my sadness again. My mind brought back pictures of the many obstacles I had to overcome and the loneliness that often accompanied me as I sometimes pushed forward despite it all and sometimes merely endured what enveloped me.<br>And yet the therapist told me her sense was that my tree was a stable one, a deeply grounded one, and how surprised I was to hear these words! To recognize myself as stable and grounded, and notice the difference I&#8217;ve undergone in the last few years.<br>This tree is amazing. This tree will shed it&#8217;s leaves, be covered in snow, shelter birds and grow green and yellow and red&#8230; This tree is here, now after now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Instructions for living a life: pay attention. Be amazed. Tell about it.&#8221; &#8211; Mary Oliver \ud83d\udc9b<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I was given the task to first imagine, then draw my life tree. 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