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One of my passions in life is for trees. I believe we owe an incredible debt to them. I have blogged about them elsewhere but I feel that I want to share it here too.



Our Debt To Trees
All of us humans owe a debt of gratitude to the humble tree. Without trees our whole existence would be near on impossible.

An encyclopedia could be written about the benefits of a tree. Just look around you wherever you are and you will see the products of the tree.
Wood in all its forms; furniture, houses etc. Paper in all its forms; books, newspapers etc. Drugs and medicine. Energy from coal and oil and all its byproducts. Trees provide us with food; fruits and nuts. The list goes on and on.

Trees are the lungs of our planet and without them we would not be able to breathe. They are a giant filter system that extracts the poisonous Carbon Dioxide given off from us, and then provides Oxygen for us to survive.
It has been estimated that a mature tree gives out enough oxygen in one season to provide for 10 humans the whole year.

These facts are only scratching at the surface of what that wonderful tree does for us. It must be said that leaving mankind out of it
the tree is an absolute MIRACLE of design and function. It has been around long before man appeared and in fact the oldest living tree - a Christmas Tree -a spruce, to be found in Sweden, is thought by scientists. to be nearly 10,000 years old. Many trees live longer than 2,000 years. The Cedar tree being one.


I don't know about you, but I think it was a very wise God that provided us with such a benefit. Trees of course have played major roles in religion around the world. The Garden of Eden had its trees of great importance.
The Buddha meditated under a fig tree until He reached enlightenment called Nirvana. In many Countries around the World, certain trees are regarded as sacred.

In spite of all this, the tree is regarded by many as "just a tree." Chop it down!

Now I will give you a mind boggling fact. There are an estimated 4 billion trees cut down a year, that is 10 million a day!

How many are planted ? This is not really known but I think that we need to give this a very serious look. Our very lives depend on it and I believe we are running behind.

On a personal level I have always loved trees. As a boy I once came across a lady hugging a tree. She explained to me that it gave her a great sense of peace.
I adopted that and still today, if I see a majestic tree, I will hug it. In times of stress I
have talked to a tree (oh oh here come the men with the straight jacket). You know what ? It seems that the tree understands and gives off loving vibes.


Does that sound stupid? well maybe, but trees are living objects and have some
intelligence in my opinion. Consider how a tree gets water to its highest leaf maybe
over a 100 feet in the air. The sugar lift. Incredible! The bible story of Christ telling
the fig tree to die because it had not produced the fruits that it was designed for, is
revealing. The next day it was dead. If it had no intelligence to understand, that
could not have happened.

I remember a few years ago reading about an experiment where plants in a greenhouse were wired up electronically to a device that recorded the waves (Rather like a heart rate monitor).
Then a game of murder was played.
Four people drew lots to see who would be the murderer (unknown to the other three).
They each went into the greenhouse and
the murderer slashed and cut many of the plants. The surviving plants were wired. When each of the innocent three went in there was no reaction. When the murderer went in the device went wild. It seems they recognised him and reacted to it. Now is that a form of intelligence? I think so.


So my friends be kind to your trees, and plant one when you can, they do so much for you. Many people swear by the fact their flowers and tomatoes grow better when they sing to them. Including a member of the Royalty.