Trees are my weak spot. The importance of those limbs, trunks and roots keeps me firmly attached to the importance of their place of shape shifting. This year the Fall colors were pretty amazing. While sitting under a huge tree I couldn't help but wonder if a tree can see how incredibly beautiful it is with the rest of the forest. Trees don't have mirrors. Humans do and we love to overuse their ability. Rather than being comfortable with the atmosphere of "Now" the goal is to endlessly embrace newer ways to exchange our changes. When we do that aren't we letting go of multiple pieces of our personality? Seriously! Who would we be if we had left that wrinkle in our face? Where would we be if we hadn't shaved off that excess collection of junk in our hips, stomach and upper regions? This isn't a podcast bashing the beauty makers. Far from it. I'd just like to know where the real person went before man was hired to reconstruct? I'd never purchase a Picasso only to put cheap acrylic paint from Michaels art supply store on it. The personality of the painting changes. So do we. Because I'm a daily writer I get the opportunity to read from the pages dating twenty five years. Peeling off those layers totally changed my personality. What happens to the outside if the inside has never been touched? Learning to connect with each piece of the missing puzzle teaches the soul to be present in the "Now." Mindfully lets grow in 2019.