“Like A Tree”
Cassandra Roy
Another
day comes to an end for ECOEE 2013; and with that once again we are filled with
more knowledge, more trust, more power, and more warm fuzzies as our group
likes to say.
Our
tent groups awoke this morning and started the hike to our meeting spot for the
day; which for most was a 20 minute uphill hike. It was on this hike that some
of us encountered a grand tree; the Jeffery Pine. Like this particular pine our
group started small. We grew from the ground up, starting as strangers and becoming
our own diverse group. Like the Jeffery Pine we have faced winds in the forms
of arguments, snows in the forms of accidents, and slopes in the form of the
government shutting down; but as with the pine we have not let any of this stop
our growth as a group. We will continue to grow, to trust, and to love one
another despite what is thrown in our paths. S0me may even say that these
roadblocks are not really roadblocks at all but another way to learn and to
grow.
Today,
for example, we used a fixed line to climb/walk up a truly terrifying mountain.
Only after accomplishing this task were we expected to repel off the other
side. Now if there is one thing to know about the Jeffery Pine it is that when
a twig is broken a certain aroma comes out. To some it is pineapples, other
violets, others vanilla, and the list goes on and on. I think of today’s
experience and our group as each of these twigs. Some of us had the smell of
fear, others excitement, other’s nerves, and some pure enjoyment.
Our
group together can form this tree. We grew together to form an amazing
spectacle; one that can withstand almost anything that is thrown at us. We all
differ but in the end it is our roots that keep us together.
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