without a hat
a winter rain falls on me
so what — Basho
I’m walking back from the dentist. I’m feeling great. The late afternoon blue colours were so beautiful. I don’t know what the story is about the oak tree in the car park behind Parliament. It doesn’t look all that old or exceptional. I wondered about whether it was something special – like grown from an acorn hand reared by someone famous, or as a message about the leaders of the nation having hearts of oak. That’s just plain embarrassing – there’s got to be at least a dozen native species stouter in every respect than oaks.
I can only conclude it was planted by someone who thought that one day, late in a winter afternoon, some guy would wander past feeling in a good mood, and that guy would fall in love with the colours – and, feeling grateful, would share it all.
Manifesto
05. Every day is now. The present moment.
12. Every day love yourself.
14. Every day the ordinary can be the extraordinary.
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You need to understand the reference to the heart of oak being the oak an English war ship was made of. See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Oak?wasRedirected=true