2016.IX.03 | 03:19

Most find it easy to idealize the roots of a great tree; they are necessary deep, and unyielding. 

But after that first divine sprouting what that tree needs--beyond the perfect balance of cosmos that allow things like you and I to also exist--is to grow up, out. No matter how deep and wide the roots can grow, it must also continue outward and up if it is to become as great as it can be.

I consider this when I find myself reaching to ground and connect to my truest self only to find it overly difficult to go deeper, or become more. It leads me to find where I am clutching to things I possibly never had, holding myself back from reaching out for those that may seem impossible to grasp because of fear, perceived loss, and unwarranted anxiety.

--Without reaching there cannot be growth.

I then begin the [unknown and always different] process of letting those things go, as unnecessary burdens make it terribly difficult to within greatness grow.