Snow.
Lots of snow.
Some trees will lose branches, as they crack under the weight of millions and millions little flakes.
Others will bend toward the ground, straining under the pressure, but as the sun begins to melt the snow away be able to bounce back into their normal position.
It's a lot like us really.
Sometimes the pressure, tension, and stresses of life weigh us down.
Sometimes, we might not even be aware of the heavy load we carry - as the current pressures of that load demand action and not introspection.
It may only be later, after the storms have passed, that we realize the weight that sat upon our shoulders.
Many times we have friends and family who help melt away some of that pressure, or even choose to take some of it on themselves. Sometimes, they help by easing other daily loads we have and allow us to concentrate more on the tasks before us.
Justly, or not, sometimes we refuse or decline the help. Maybe it's because we don't think they can help, or don't understand, or maybe we're just afraid to open ourselves up to the assistance and love of someone else.
I know it feels good to be able to help a friend or family member with a problem or concern, but I'm not as quick to offer that opportunity to offer help to me when I need it. Maybe that's part of the silly 'man code' that says I should be able to carry my own (and sometimes other) weight.
Like a hero on a white horse, it's a good feeling to come in and provide assistance. So, the next time we are offered help, we should allow them that good feeling and let them lend a hand.
Yes, when we do that we can be more like the evergreen trees of the forest and rebound like once heavy branches whose snow has melted; rather than the old barren hardwood trees whose branches cracked and crashed under a load they couldn't carry for very long.
It's another way to look at those beautiful branches decorated with snow - as evergreens with branches able to rebound as individual needles and smaller stems help distribute the heavy weight of the snow, or as those cracked and caved in branches who finally give in and give up after trying to hold up too long under the heavy load.
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