In the woods, vines use trees to grow on. In that process, their lives become entwined.
Now it’s true there are vines that strangle their trees. And there are probably some trees that throw off their vines… Here Ann enters into dangerous metaphor territory, because frankly she doesn’t know…
But when I look at this tree, I see coexistence. And it’s filled with gorgeous messy entanglement. Life is about figuring out how we live together.
We need to consider how we braid ourselves together, like unto unlike. We need to figure out how to coexist. Therein lies Peace. Woven together, we have to figure out what’s good for everyone.