A tree:

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A tree.

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It starts out as a seed.

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Descendants from trees before it.

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All the DNA is encapsulated in this tiny thing.

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All the history.

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All the stories of its ancestors.

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Captured in this tiny thing.

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Same as babies.

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It lands in a place, water gets on it and it starts growing.

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It doesn’t choose where it lands.

It doesn’t control where it ends up.

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But it just is.

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Like us.

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Then it starts sprouting.

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A lot of other things have to happen for it to grow.

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The right water.

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The right light.

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The right situation.

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The right circumstances.

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Then it grows.

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While it does, there are constant challenges.

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Wind.

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Bacteria.

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Wrong genetics.

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Anything.

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But the seed keeps growing.

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A few years later, branches start to grow off.

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The seed has created new leaves.

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New offspring.

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New descendants.

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Then it keeps growing.

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Along the way, it continues to face challenges.

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But it keeps going.

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The compounding effect of growth.

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Many decades later, it’s standing high above with branches, leaves and entire ecosystems grown around it.

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People take shade in it.

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Animals live in it.

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Organisms thrive off it.

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Felt that recently hiding under a tree during a rainstorm.

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There’s so much to a tree no one ever thinks about.

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Never underestimate what a tree can teach you about life.

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