Speaking of plant people..Is The Giving Tree a terrible, horrible book, glorifying unconditional, pain-inflicting, self-sabotaging love? Or a neglected child's best friend which can inspire the most selfish of parents, lacking in nurturing skills, to aspire to be more giving of themselves? Maybe it can. Often it is remembered as a lovely and poignant story about unconditional love that is bittersweet. Maybe it's an allegory about how we treat the earth? Is that why it collectively moves us? For we know love that isn't reciprocal is unhealthy. Even moms need some reciprocity from their children.
May all the plant spirits help me to pass my final exams. In return, I will sing to them, dance for them, give give them offerings and never stop believing in their magnificent, magical properties.
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