How to connect with a tree?

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How to connect with a tree?

I hope it is not too naive to think if my own inner tempo can be singing together with the tree,  wonderful things will happen.

Whenever I see a tree,  I try to meditate a bit.

And of course, it will not be too easy.   I need to calm down.  I will try to observe my inner self in front of a tree.

My experience yesterday was very different.

I was standing in front of a big tree wondering.

Within a few minutes I found it is different from other times.   Something special is happening but I don't know why.

I saw lots of flies flying around one stretching branch of the tree.

And then I saw the carcass of a dead bird lying up there.

It was the bad smell drawing in the flies.    It was quite a horrible thing to see  that the golden and dark green spots of the flies  flying  around the spot on the branch.

Images are flying quickly in my mind.   I remember there was a a dry tree branch somewhere nearby.  I used it to push the carcass, it fell to the ground.

I have a bottle of glass cleaner in my car, I poured the whole bottle onto the carcass.  

But the flies were not afraid of the glass cleaner and they were still there. 

Two magpies suddenly appeared from somewhere, pecking at the remains of the dead bird.

 But the smell and the flies were still on the branch.

I used the withered dry twig to cover the spot with  an old sweater,  then the flies were gone.  I will come back in a few days to remove the sweater.

It was by then I found peace in my mind.

 It was nothing like a few minutes before.

 I looked at the tree,  I found the tree was also peaceful, seems to be happy. The sweater was swinging by the wind.

 Everything is fine now.

 It was such a wonderful experience,  I will remember it for a long time.

And then I'll come next week to see again,  and remove the sweater.

The inner tempo will be different by then.

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