red sandalwood

In front of my hometown in the countryside, there is a very large open space for others to plant mahogany seedlings.

Mahogany is a special kind of tree, with beautiful and straight shape. There are many kinds of mahogany planted in my hometown forest farm. The mahogany in the forest farm has reached dozens of feet. I can't believe my eyes when I see the seedlings of mahogany are only knee high.

The man who grows mahogany is a tall man. When he bent down to plant trees, he felt like transplanting rice seedlings. The difference is that this is dry land, not paddy field.

After the saplings are planted, he always comes to water them every few days. Strangely, the number of days he came was irregular, sometimes three days, sometimes five days, sometimes ten days. The amount of water is not certain, sometimes more water, sometimes less water.

When I lived in the country, I would walk on the path with mahogany seedlings every day. Tree planters occasionally go home for tea, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and the time is not necessarily.

I feel more and more strange.

What's more strange is that mahogany sometimes withers inexplicably, so when he comes, he always brings a few seedlings to replant.

At first, I thought he was too lazy to water the trees after such a long time.

But how do lazy people know how many trees have withered?

Later, I thought he was too busy and everything was irregular. But how can a busy person behave so leisurely?

I can't help asking him when he will come. How often do you water it? Why does redwood wither for no reason? If you water it every day, the mahogany will not wither so easily, will it?

The tree planter smiled. He said: "Planting trees is not planting vegetables or rice. Planting trees is a century-old foundation, unlike vegetables, which can be harvested in a few weeks. Therefore, trees themselves should learn to find water in the land. I watered it just to imitate the rain. I'm not sure if it will rain. How many days will it come again? Morning or afternoon? How much is it once? If you can't grow up in this uncertainty, the seedlings will naturally wither. However, as long as the water source is found in uncertainty, the tree that is desperately rooted will grow into a century-old tree. "

The tree planter said seriously, "If I come to water every day and water a certain amount of water regularly every day, the saplings will feel dependent and the roots will float on the surface and cannot go deep into the ground." Once we stop watering, the saplings will wither even more. Fortunately, the saplings that can survive are also blown down in the storm. "

I was very moved by the words of the tree planter, thinking that not only trees, but also people, in uncertainty, we will develop an independent heart and will not rely on them. In the uncertainty, we have deepened our understanding of the feelings and emotions of the environment. In the uncertainty, we learn to turn few nutrients into huge energy and strive to grow.

The law of life can't be so fixed and perfect, because the fixed and perfect law will form a mechanical state, which is the road to withering and death.

When I have heard the tree planter's philosophy about planting trees, when I walk past the seedlings of mahogany every day, something always touches my heart. These seedlings are trying to face the uncertain wind and rain. They are trying to learn how to find enough water and how to breathe in the sun. Once they learn these skills, the foundation for a hundred years is laid.

Now, the mahogany saplings in front of the window have grown to the height of the roof, so elegant and comfortable, proclaiming their own lives.

People who plant trees will no longer come, and the redwoods will not wither.

If you live in certainty, the roots will float on the ground. Once the storm comes, they will die. So the tree planter will water it like this. We also know that people who live in uncertainty can stand the test of life and grow into real towering trees.

or

(1) Water the flowers often, and the saplings will develop a dependent heart.

(2) Roots will float on the surface and cannot go deep into the ground.

(3) The surviving saplings didn't last long.