The tree of life.

During the journey we call our life, we meet many people. Some teach us something, others show us something, and others help us experience something. People around us help us experience what we couldn't do alone.

The people we meet during our life journey fall into three categories. What category a given person will qualify for - depends on several factors. The first one is the depth of our bond with them. The second may be what these people have to teach us. The third one may be just karma. There may be more of these factors, but I mentioned the three basic ones in my opinion.

These three categories of people we meet during our life journey are equivalents to the elements of the Tree of Life. The first category of people we meet during our lives can be compared to the leaves. As everyone knows, a tree quickly loses its leaves during a light wind.

A weak connection between the leaf and the twig causes this. It's the same with people with whom we have a weak connection. Sometimes, they do not want to have a deep relationship with us. It all depends on the relationship between the parties.

The truth is that any storm in our lives makes these people leave - like leaves flying from a tree. As they say, hard times show who your true friends are. You can't blame them - not everyone can or wants to have genuine, deep interpersonal relationships. Some people are only satisfied with shallow external relationships, which is their right.

The second category of people in our comparison to the tree are the people called branches. They have a stronger bond with us than the previously described people. And like branches, small storms do not affect them. In the same way, our relationships with them do not disintegrate even during the small storms in our lives. They give the impression of people with strong bonds.

Unfortunately, a strong storm shows that these people, like branches, have their endurance limits. Life often tests us and our relationships with others - literally everything is tested. If our connection with these people breaks down, we will learn from it and improve next time.

The third category would be people called roots. The comparison to the roots of a tree is not so accidental because the roots are the strongest part of the tree. People from this category have the strongest connection with us, and practically nothing can destroy that. There are few such bonds in our lives; they are real, hard to destroy, and worth everything.

In today's world of shallow relationships, such deep connections between people are a real anomaly, so if someone manages to have such a connection with another person, it is a true gift from God.

The people in our lives are actually our mirrors. The parts of the tree I described correspond to different relationships with people we meet. You have to remember that people won't change. You can only accept and respect them as they are.

What part of the tree you will be in relationships with others depends only on you, whether you want a shallow relationship or a deep one. The truth is that every relationship teaches us something. What relationships you want to attract is directly proportional to the energy you send to others.

So, if you want a relationship like a root, you must behave like a root kind of relationship person - toward others. This is a simple law: We attract what we are. Behaving like those with whom we would like to have a relationship - will attract people who can provide such relationships for us.

I wish you, dear reader, that every part of your tree of life will be healthy, strong, and wonderful. Every relationship, even the smallest one, brings great satisfaction and development. Everything, as we know, depends on you and - how you take care of your Tree of Life.

So, take care of it, water it, love it, and it will blossom into a beautiful tree...