Perseverance

It's just a grimey, ugly, to-the-bone cold day in N.E. Pa.  Hurricane Sandy made it's way through just 2 days ago and by now there really aren't any leaves left on the trees.  As I was driving to the studio this morning my eye was caught by this bright colored tree. It wow'd me, at the thought that it looked like it was trying hard to hang on to those leaves. I drove another 1/2 mile or so and decided that there was some metaphor in that tree.  It seemed to stand for great perseverance. How that tree hung on to its leaves through the storm! It stood it's ground, refused to give in to the forces around it and came out the other side standing beautiful among all the other trees around it. What is different about that particular tree that there isn't a single one around it like it? I'm not eloquent with this kind of thing but I have thought about that tree all day. It made me think how each of us needs to also stand strong, and hang on to our family/dreams/beliefs/goals (you can fill any word in there) and if we have that, we can weather any storm and will come out of it better and more beautiful. I'm sure you see my point (again, I'm not as eloquent as I'd like to be but I'm sure you understand). But it really makes you think doesn't it?