Why a Tree Is the Friend We Need Right Now

By Elizabeth Bernstein

I’ve got a new buddy.

She’s a banyan tree.

I met her while walking my dog. She has two enormous limbs that reach out like welcoming arms. And there’s a small bench next to her. One day I sat down.

I was worried that afternoon about an ill family member, and as I stared at her gnarled trunk, I thought of all this tree has survived. I watched the light filter through her canopy and listened to a squirrel chatter on a branch. And I felt better.

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