My trees are so smart! Every time they talk to me I learn something, usually something so simple but I never thought about it before. So just now I was leaning against my tree, Charlotte, sending out love and healing energy to all, especially those that need a little bit extra right now. So after I thanked Charlotte for loving me, Charlotte told me something I never thought about before. Why do we give flowers or plants or trees to people we love or miss or feel sympathy for or just want to cheer up? Well because they’re beautiful and we love them! But it didn’t start that way long, long ago. Flowers, plants and trees all have healing energy and sometimes medicinal powers! That’s why! Most of us have lost the knowledge of the healing powers of plants in this modern age. But before big pharma took us all for the ride they’re taking us on now, ancient healers used what the earth gave us to heal, plants and flowers. Whatever was needed was there for us to use. The people who knew the healing power of the plant kingdom, either through trial and error or by learning from the elders, were the ones thought to be mystical. Truth is, the knowledge was available to anyone and everyone if they chose to learn it and use it. Witches didn’t need to be burned because they mysteriously healed people. Every single person, including the person lighting the fire, could know and use the same power healers had. So much has been perverted over the centuries by people who either didn’t understand or just simply wanted power and authority over people. We need to go back to our roots (see what I did there? Ha!). Think about why things are done the way they’re done. Does it make sense? Is it for the good of everyone? Stop taking pills. Start learning about plants and what they can do for you. Everything humans need is provided by this world. In nature. Humans are, after all, animals in this great natural system. We’re just as primal in nature as the other animals and plants. And we need to start acting like it. Love and respect each other in the way nature intended. We were not created to work 9 to 5 or hate other humans. The time has come for full stop. Let’s just don’t do it anymore. Let’s just stop. Think. Study. Learn. And, most of all, Love.