Let's love trees with every breath we take

Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish. "Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking." Wangari Maathai. 

There are more life forms in a handful of forest soil than there are people on the planet. Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time. “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” Kahlil Gabran. 

Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves. Go forth under the open sky and listen to nature’s teachings. “Change is never easy and it often creates discord but when people come together for the good of humanity and the earth, we can accomplish great things.” David Suzuki. 

When one plants a tree they plant themselves. Every root is an anchor, over which one rests with grateful interests, and becomes sufficiently calm to feel the joy of living. The one who plants trees knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life. There is no Wi-Fi in the forest but I promise you will find a better connection. 

Together we can preserve the forest, securing this immense treasure for the future of generations to come after us. Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.

Trees are like the veins of our planet, carrying the life blood of the air, water and wildlife around it. Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory. They speak his praises without flattery and they are blessings to children yet unborn. “The trees are God’s great alphabet: With them He writes in shining green across the world His thoughts are serene.” Leonora Speyer.

Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” Franklin D. Roosevelt. When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air.