As I sit at my computer thinking about how I started my romance with the Trees, I realize it didn’t start—it just always was, and has continued into this lifetime. My connection to them has always been easy and natural—just as my connection to the Cetacean Kingdom has been. Trees have always been a source of deep inspiration to me—bastions of strength who are graced with nobility—sentinels stationed on Earth nourishing and protecting me wherever I walk. They replenish my energy and restore my passion for life whenever I am with them. They are peace and strength combined. I moved to Mt. Shasta, California, in 2008, being called to my Mountain home after a lifetime of living in Rochester, New York. Mt. Shasta is home to myriad varieties of Pine Trees, and my being on the Mountain surrounded by these majestic Beings is transforming my life. The more time I spend on the Mountain immersed in the energy of the Tree People, the more strength I feel returning to my body as they fill me with their life force. Their healing powers are awesome. When I was living back East, my energy would be drained after leaving my teaching job at the end of each day. I would drive to a nearby forest, and after walking among the Trees for a half hour I would be rejuvenated. This is the healing power that Trees offer us, and they give it to us freely—as long as they are alive and we don’t cut them down. If we continue to cut them down, they are gone…and then we will be too. My life has been a continual flow of merging myself with other kingdoms from lifetime to lifetime, carrying with me their divine essences as I make my eternal journey through the Stars. As we journey through life, we widen our scope of vision, heighten our perception, and expand our consciousness to encompass the divine in all life forms. Remember, all Creation is ONE…and knowing this, it was easy for me to connect with different species because I knew I was already divinely connected. You just have to know it before you can access this already existing thread of connection. The purpose of Trees and plant life is to express Love in merely BEING. Their silence is filled with enormous wisdom. They like us to share the silence with them, feel their energy, smell their fragrance, and BE with them in the experience of JUST BEING…and if you are quiet and commune with them, you will hear their thoughts. The vibration of their energy is a song that you can tap into when you are in harmony with yourself. When you tap into a Tree, you are reaching its heart: a Being of perhaps millions of years of existence. They are Mother Nature’s gift of life to us, providing us with the oxygen we need, food, and shelter. They say not to be in competition with the Earth by trying to do it our own way, because everything is already provided. Trees, flowers, rocks, birds, all have intelligence, and if you knew the scope of intelligence that exists in all things, you would be astounded! Once humankind realizes that we each are “ALL OF CREATION” and not just separated into the category called “humans”, a great shift in the evolution of our human species will occur. I AM ALL OF CREATION…and so are you. Hug a Tree, Dianne