I am sometimes to indecisive
Today, for example.
I went to check out the trees at a nursery sale. I have a coupon, I have a need. Since my one sugar maple died, I wanted to replace it.
I had three trees in mind: white oak, sweet gum, buckeye.
The nursery had all three, but I just wasn't happy.
I stood looking at a white oak tree for about 15 minutes. I think some people might have thought I was tripping out on something. I looked at it from the front, left, right, back, front right, left back....every angle.
It was a nice tree. But it didn't talk to me.
It didn't say, "Take me home and I will be a great tree. I will provide a home for birds, shade for your house, fall colors for your eyes and leaves for your mulch."
It stayed silent.
So I moved on to the buckeyes. I bought one for Emily years ago. It was a great tree, but even great trees don't do well in a tornado.
But they just didn't seem straight and strong.
By then I was so depressed I just left.
I could have spent a lot of money on one tree and not been happy. Instead, I didn't spend any money and was not happy.
I will be exploring other options in the next two weeks.
Who knows, I might even begin gathering acorns and start my own oak forest from scratch.
But I will be planting trees, because it is a good thing to do for future generations.
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