Good Timber<\/u> \u00a0 -by Douglas Malloch<\/p>\n
The tree that never had to fight
\nFor sun and sky and air and light,
\nBut stood out in the open plain
\nAnd always got its share of rain,
\nNever became a forest king
\nBut lived and died a scrubby thing.<\/p>\n
The man who never had to toil
\nTo gain and farm his patch of soil,
\nWho never had to win his share
\nOf sun and sky and light and air,
\nNever became a manly man
\nBut lived and died as he began.<\/p>\n
Good timber does not grow with ease:
\nThe stronger wind, the stronger trees;
\nThe further sky, the greater length;
\nThe more the storm, the more the strength.
\nBy sun and cold, by rain and snow,
\nIn trees and men good timbers grow.<\/p>\n
Where thickest lies the forest growth,
\nWe find the patriarchs of both.
\nAnd they hold counsel with the stars
\nWhose broken branches show the scars
\nOf many winds and much of strife.
\nThis is the common law of life.<\/p>\n
What a great poem with an awesome reminder that although it is never fun to go through hard things, its through weathering those hard times and enduring life’s rough conditions that we are able to grow and become strong. Keep fighting…you’ve got this!<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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