A message from the trees
I typed an accidental text message a while ago and it said:
‘sad tree look rm b mpg.’
I felt that it meant that I need to pay attention to the trees and help them be happy. Also pay attention to the m.p.g. (miles per gallon). My initials are R. M. B. is one of my middle initials. I saved the accidental text that didn’t send as a note because I found it interesting.
I am currently camping with my family: my partner, our seven year old son and our two dogs. Our Geo Tracker gets pretty good m.p.g. but our Chevy Suburban does not. We use it to pull our camp trailer. We mostly drive the Tracker.
I was hiking with my family in the forest and I suddenly got ‘cramps’ and felt that I needed to stop hiking. I told my family to come back to get me and I found a place to sit down.
It was 4:44 PM and the same message was on my phone again (from the note I had saved). It added a couple of words at the end:
‘sad tree look rm b mpg look look’
So my attention was drawn to it even more.
I meditated for a bit and my womb felt better. I feel that it drew me to that spot in the woods. I looked at the four feathers I had found while I was hiking. Each one was unique. I sat with the trees, absorbing their energy and feel I received their message.
After a while I could hear my family calling me and I had to find my way out of the forest. They were honking the horn on the Tracker to make sure I knew where they were. I made it to the road and down to the parking spot, picking up a half full plastic water bottle on the way. I found them and I was grateful to have received a message from the trees.
Before going camping I listened to a podcast that had a guest on who was talking about growing trees that would be more sustainable than pine. She said it takes ten years to grow a crop, a good amount of money could be made on the trees and it is much better for the environment.
There are two places that the specific tree she mentioned likes to grow and one of them is Oregon. I would love to own land there and grow trees.
We are planning on visiting the Pacific NorthWest soon and I really would like to explore the possibility of helping the trees.
Work Cited
Anderson, Michelle, and Eric Rankin, co-hosts. “World Tree: A Green Love Story with Wendy Burton.” Awakening Code Radio, Apple Podcasts app, 6 Aug. 2020.