Tree Tuesday - Power

Raise your eyes and see...

So much of our lives takes place at our level. And by level I mean many different things. 

-Our height. We're so used to seeing the world from a certain height that if we try on taller shoes, we can immediately tell the difference.

-Our level of understanding. We're so used to what we were taught or what's socially accepted that if some game-changing information is brought to our attention, we're shocked, perplexed and in denial.

-Our power level. Unfortunately, because of the way society is let up, sometimes the economic and power gap between people is incomprehensibly vast. Truly a heartbreaking fact, that people go through life thinking they will never be able to leave their mark on the world.

Truth is, we can all be powerful. 

Taken on an Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II

Real power stands the test of time.

Look for an old tree, look up at it. Think about how your grandfather or grandmother, or even great great grandfather or mother might have looked up at it as a kid. The ability to be known by generations, to always be the same..that's power.

And for comic book fans, the "power" immortal words of Captain America will hit home:

“Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right...When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- "No, YOU move.”   - Captain America.

If you see injustice, if you know something is wrong, be powerful.

Don't sway like a flower...stand firm like a tree!