When your sorrows run deep,
Sit below a tree and water it with your tears.
Make streams that follow the curves of the earth to the sea.
When your heart gets cold,
Look at the richness of the earth and be softened.
Plant a seed and watch it grow reaching towards the sun.
When traveling gets hard,
Look  back from where you have come and see the winding path,
With courage from past receive the new day.
Let Sky hold you in its arms,
Let Sun bathe you its light,
Let Bird and Animal speak secrets to you,
Let Rain drops quench your thirst.
Listen your answers are there, fluttering the trees.

Written for my Mom’s Birthday in 2006