Connecting With a Tree

I got home from work today in mid-afternoon, feeling tired and not feeling motivated to do much of anything.  Maria, my wife, suggested that we take a drive into the woods, an option that sounded more appealing than the other possibilities.  When we arrived at a random spot in the woods, I went around our area connecting and communicating with the trees, deciding where it would be best to sit.  I sat next to and immediately felt embraced by a juniper tree.  Feeling the tree’s embrace and smelling the nearby plants was very refreshing and cleansing.  I forgot about being tired and appreciated the moment with Maria, the tree and the plants.