Carved out in Time

                              

A seed fell into the bed of the earth, along the way the seed met up with friends, who challenged it to transform: the heavens sent rain, the sun sang, time gave it a hand. Many moons passed and the essence of the seed could not be seen, it had become what it was meant to be, a pine tree.

We are what we receive, and what we give of ourselves, we are part of the tree of life. Rooted, nourished and becoming. We have the ability to go forth in many directions, we can reach to the heavens.

A small pine wood panel, carved and painted in the 18th century. Gives beyond its time as a seed.

Where do the roots of your heart lead you?



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21 responses to “Carved out in Time”

  1. My roots are still trying to find ground.

  2. That is a very good question. This summer, I think they are leading me back to the mountains.
    I have an intense desire to be there for the ripening of the blackberry bushes.
    I want to fill a 2 gallon white plastic bucket and then drive around to all of my loved ones, to share the spoils!

  3. How wonderful to be inspired by everything. Sometimes I sow seeds haphazardly hoping something will blossom, other times it has become what it was meant for and florished. I just hope that I don’t cause anyone to stumble along the way whilst finding my path to take root.

  4. The roots of my heart continue to prompt me, guide me, nudge me toward compassion and love. If we truly listen to the root of our heart, it always guides us toward each other.

  5. My roots are leading to CHOCOLATE! I was too busy tasting it yesterday to post or read TICA…I can look and look at this picture 🙂

  6. I love carved wood flowers. Lovely post and photo hon.
    a.

  7. My roots are busy trying to bring my body, mind and spirt into a cohesive whole — to put my soul/spirit fully into my everyday life. Its a full time job!!

  8. The roots of my heart are with family, friends and faith.
    Love your postings and your photographs!

  9. such a lyrical piece..very very pretty….
    me?? i am workin on the weeds today !

  10. beautiful musing!

  11. The roots of my heart are cushioned in a fertile soil:-
    Growing up in a loving home.
    Listening to my Pa read stories.
    Cooking with my Ma.
    Playing in Snow.
    Laughing with my Brothers.
    Meeting The Bear.
    Transplating new roots in a red sunbaked land.

  12. As a seed, are we predestined? Maybe, yet as the conditions of weather and water and etc effect the seed, we too may be too affected to reach our full potential. Wholesome noursihment and love is so necessary for growth!

  13. the root of my heart lead me to follow my bliss…
    🙂 mary ann xo

  14. ……and told by a woman who saw the beauty in the old piece of carved wood and in the hands carving it…..

  15. “the roots of my heart” is such a good way to put it. I have roots – deep ones in Canada, but I also have ones here in the UK… it’s tricky to feel so stretched. It’s my heart though that is causing the stretch – those roots are firmly planted with my dreams and my love. Sigh. That was a really strong, bold post. Thank you!!

  16. At times we lose “the roots of our heart” – Mine were lost. In a job that was good but not nurturing, in a home that was full of beautiful things but empty, in a relationship was mundane and a family that took each other for granted. Life shifted. The world crumbled… things fell apart… I felt lost and alone. People I loved were fighting for their lives – My mother, sister inlaw, newborn niece, my best friend… was God there? /crisis mode – month after month – waiting, praying, caring for each other. After many miracles there was hope. Back to Normal??? I lost my job! – now a matter of life or death for my spirit! My hand forced -looking – not knowing where to find inspiration – what was beyond the next bend in the road… the ills of life where getting the best of me -I should have been celebrating life… My husband encouraged me to pick up my camera. This simple action brought light into my dark world. I love the poem RENESCENCE by Edna St. Vincent Millay. “I breathed my soul back into me” beautiful! “the roots of my heart”…
    Your words stir my spirit. It was difficult. There is light again.
    –The seed as it grows moves thru the dark soil, reaching for the light. The pine grows and is felled. Once felled the pine is sanded and carved to take on a new and inspiring shape…it is painted by the artist. Life wears the pine bringing forth a beautiful patina…the beauty inspiring us so that we may inpire others…and so on and so on…So it is! LIFE!

  17. such beatiful wisdom, as always…

  18. The roots of my heart are in the mountains, in the deep pine forests, in the hugeness of the sky, in the crispness of the air…

  19. My roots are in my spirit, they are invisible.
    This carving speaks volumes to me, I want it on my wall where I can look at it all the time and feel this indescribably beautiful feeling it gives me.
    xoxo

  20. MARYBETH

    (((COREY)))
    this is magnificent!!
    i will sadley drive away from the beautiful coast into our scorching-now severely burning desert!
    So grateful for this short respit and ready to see hope in the thousands of burned acres.
    XO
    MB

  21. I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some online research. I was truly touched by this little parable. It is so simple and eloquent but so thought provoking and powerful. Thanks for sharing!

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