The Holding Up Tree

8.27.10 Lummi Island
Right after I wrote the last post on this blog, I looked out into the campground and across the little road and there was this tree. I heard this is The Holding Up Tree. I felt as if I had been given a new tree to guide me in this phase of my life. I had loved and been in communication with the Heartwood Tree for the last ten years, and now there was a new gift.

We were trying to pack up and leave the campground but I felt as if I had to take pictures and spend some time with my arms and hands on this amazing tree. Here is what I heard:

I have stood here for hundreds of years. My roots are deep and yet at the same time I hold up my arms in great gratitude. I know no other way to stand. Respect the elder wisdom of the trees and that flows within you. Know that the small things that seem so important on one day will not stand up over time. Let the water in your life pour through the ridges of your soul and let it seep deeply into your roots. For you, your roots do not have mean the things that keep you stationary, but rather that which nourishes you and waters your life. Another way of looking at this is what keeps your well full.

Remember the body soul stance that I represent. Hold up your life, your friends, your family into the great water of the All That Is.