Mary J. McCoy-Dressel

Describe yourself as a tree.

Huh?

Well… I chuckled when I first read this #daily-prompt for #BloganuaryDay30. Me? A tree? After reading one of the quotes I posted below, I’d call myself a willow tree.

Looking back at my life, I guess this prompt has a simple answer. The quotes I posted sums it up for me, but most importantly, I learned that:

I’m a willow tree. I’ll withstand bending instead of breaking when faced with difficulties, changes, and challenges.

One can only hope, right?

I can relate to the following quotes for a description of me as a tree:

Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing. Joanne Raptis

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Adapt yourself to change as the willow tree adapts itself to the weather. When the harsh winds of circumstance sweep across the landscape of your life, bow gracefully, bend gently, adapt graciously.
      You are wise to study well the ways of the willow. In the face of change, in the throes of adversity, in the midst of conflict and crisis, the willow willingly bends its branches, but refuses to release its roots. ~William Arthur Ward, “The Wisdom of Adapting Yourself”

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In the springtime, leaves unfolding,

Growing, growing one by one,

In the summer, always giving

Cool, green shade to every one;

In the autumn, tall and stately,

Dressed in yellow, red and brown,

In the winter, sleeping, sleeping,

While the snow comes softly down…

~Charlotte Lay Dewey, “A Song of the Trees,” in Kindergarten Review (Springfield, Mass.), October 1906

Have a great day. Stay warm and safe. ~MJ

Featured Image: Willow Tree: Image by Dalibor Smolik from Pixabay