I am the Tree
I just finished reading one of my favorite books, LAB GIRL, by Hope Jahren. She grew up in Austin, Minnesota and has become a scientist. Her main focus of research is trees. And she is filled with metaphors about trees and light. "People are like plants: they grow toward the light." Such a lovely metaphor, I think, for our desire as humans to understand ourselves, others, the meaning and source of life. I think it is one of the reasons people come to therapy. Something along the way in life has brought clouds of doubt, depression, anxiety, any number of life situations that can obscure the path, can obstruct what one felt like the direction one's life was taking. Hope Jahren studies these little seeds that fall from trees…