This tree, pictured in front of my house, is no ordinary tree. It is unique. There is no other exactly like it in the world. Now it is full of color but soon the leaves will fall leaving the tree bare for the winter in order to soak up more sun, so in spring it can bear buds that turn green in the summer. There is a time for everything under the sun and trees know when to shed leaves and went to spring up new leaves. Each unique tree is tied into the weather, the sun and heat and cold.

Knowing the right time to speak or be silent, to listen or talk, to act or not, to speak out or withhold our voice has been difficult for me. I need to learn from the tree, sense the time to shed, be quiet and grow again. Although trees have no ears they listen to themselves and feel when it is the right time.

The weather is great this week for working outside preparing the gardens for winter. I need to do more of that this week since soon it will be cold with little sun and this kind of listening time outside will be limited.

I work to restore full court basketball playing and to close the School of Army (SOA) at Marquette University but all that will be in vain unless I take the time, like the tree, to silently listen to self. The tree in front of my house is no ordinary tree and I am no ordinary human being.

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