Lend A Hand: The Tale Of A Mighty Tree and A Twining Honeysuckle

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“When we lend a hand gracefully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
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A mighty tree stood regal and imposing in the rainforest. Its roots were firmly rooted in the soil, the trunk, thick with age strength. The mighty tree, an aged mahogany. reached for the sky, green leaves basking in the golden glory of the morning sun, sending down nutrition and vitality, the tree was indeed blessed and content.

On the floor of the rainforest, under the mahogany, grew a twining Honeysuckle. The poor Honeysuckle struggled to compete with the likes of the mighty tree for sunlight in the dense forest, and so it crawled on the forest floor taking what sun it could get and getting by as best as it could.

A Cry For Help… A Helping Hand

The honeysuckle became poorly, its leaves yellowed and began to wither. As it lay dying on the rich forest floor, the Honeysuckle cried in a weak, thin voice, “help me.”

The mighty Mahogany heard the frail cry for help and answered, “who is that, what do you need?”

“It is me, Honeysuckle, I need sunlight else I die!” The twining plant answered.

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“Climb up my trunk. Allow me lend a hand, to help you get to the sun.”

But the Honeysuckle was too frail to climb all the way up the mighty tree. And so the Mahogany let it sap nutrition from its lowest branch. As the Honeysuckle regained strength it began winding its way u the mighty tree, towards the sun.

Alas, the twining Honeysuckle reached the sun! It didn’t need to sap food from the Mahogany anymore! It made its own food and grew green and beautiful. Then it began to bloom, sweet scented, beautiful orange and cream petals sprung out and crowned the Mahogany with splendor. Together, the Mahogany and the Honeysuckle created quite the spectacle!

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Birds and bees and animals of all kinds visited the Mahogany to marvel at the crown of beautiful petals. They said, “how lucky you are, to be so big and strong and now to be blessed with such a beautiful crown!” What they did not know was the crown came about because the big mighty tree helped a small dying vine.

The Lesson Here is… Lend A Hand!

Ask for help. No one has it all. Ask.

Lend a helping hand when you are in a position to. Mother Theresa had it right when she famously said, “helping hands are better than praying lips.” Lend a hand to someone in need today.

“It is more blessed to give than to receive” – Jesus.

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