{"id":67,"date":"2024-01-15T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-05-10T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:07:27","slug":"tree-lationship-breathelovetransform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/tree-lationship-breathelovetransform\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree-lationship: Breathe~Love~Transform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-black-color has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e334eeab3f5a147fdbcc42ee9794479e\"><em><strong>Every time you behold a Tree, you are beholding an <\/strong><\/em><strong>amazing<\/strong><em><strong> alchemy of your exhale, humble soil, potent sunshine and precious water<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em>..appreciate <em>their <\/em>exhale in your next breath.<\/strong>\n<strong><em>Alive<\/em> with Life, even when dead.<\/strong>\n<em><strong>Beauty, utility, generosity, strength, vulnerability....<\/strong><\/em><strong>mirrors.<\/strong>\n<em><strong>Trees are <\/strong><\/em><strong>our<\/strong><em><strong> stewards....let's be theirs.<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-14f3d982720daa0a1079fa4a5c3a5c74\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"356\" class=\"wp-image-197\" style=\"width: 633px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cities_Tree_Infographic.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><br><strong>May all I say and all I think<br>be in harmony with thee,<br>God within me, God beyond me,<br>maker of the trees.<br>In me be the windswept truth of the shorepine,<br>Fragrance of balsam and spruce,<br>the grace of hemlock.<br>In me the truth of douglas fir, straight and tall,<br>strong-trunked land hero of fireproof bark.<br>Sheltering tree of life, cedar\u2019s truth be mine,<br>cypress truth, juniper aroma, strength of yew.<br>May all I say and all I think<br>be in harmony with thee,<br>God within me, God beyond me,<br>maker of the trees.<br>In me be the truth of streamlover willow<br>soul-giving alder<br>hazel of sweet nuts, wisdom-branching oak.<br>In me the joy of crabapple, greatmaple, vinemaple,<br>cleansing cascara and lovely dogwood.<br>And the gracious truth of copper branched arbutus,<br>bright with color and fragrance,<br>be with me on the Earth.<br>May all I say and all I think<br>be in harmony with thee,<br>God within me, God beyond me,<br>maker of the trees.<\/strong><br>~Chinook Psalter<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-720f732be2049b33137f0354c422e8f5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usfs-public.app.box.com\/v\/TreeOwnersManual\">https:\/\/usfs-public.app.box.com\/v\/TreeOwnersManual<\/a><br>An exceptional compendium of useful Tree information.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-85a96368100f96d7c7a33a68f5fc28b2\" style=\"color:#392894\"><strong>The beauty of the trees,\nthe softness of the air,\nthe fragrance of the grass,\nspeaks to me.\nThe summit of the mountain,\nthe thunder of the sky,\nthe rhythm of the sea,\nspeaks to me.\nThe faintness of the stars,\nthe freshness of the morning,\nthe dewdrop on the flower,\nspeaks to me.\nThe strength of fire,\nthe taste of salmon,\nthe trail of the sun,\nand the life that never goes away,\nspeaks to me.\nAnd my heart soars.\n~Chief Dan George<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1a9045a0308037181f670dbf2993b535 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#158858\"><strong>In Alan Hovhaness&#8217; work <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nG_gAMwGG-Q\">Spirit of the Trees<\/a><\/em>, one can hear the wind moving through the trees, deep earthy fragrances wafting about, winged creatures weaving their ways through the woods, water curling about river stones.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time you behold a Tree, you are beholding an amazing alchemy of your exhale, humble soil, potent sunshine and precious water&#8230;appreciate their exhale in your next breath. Alive with Life, even when dead. Beauty, utility, generosity, strength, vulnerability&#8230;.mirrors. Trees are our stewards&#8230;.let&#8217;s be theirs. May all I say and all I thinkbe in harmony<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/tree-lationship-breathelovetransform\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaiagape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}