The parable of the tree that did not know who it was tells that, in a distant kingdom, there was a gardener who loved his craft, one day asked the king for permission to plant the most beautiful garden that ever existed on Earth. It would take time, but the result was worth it. He was very careful and would make a set of plants to offer a show never seen before. The king nodded enthusiastically.
With infinite patience, the gardener planted the seeds one by one, choosing the best place for each. Day after day, he watered them and fed them. I knew that plants are noble beings and that they always respond to those who protect them well.
- Several months passed and the first stems began to grow.
- The first leaves.
- The gardener was very happy to see all this waste of life.
- After a while the roses bloomed.
- This filled the garden with color and also grew daisies and shrubs.
Later, apple trees began to bear fruit and everything was implored with their aroma, anything but a plant that has not flowered or fruited.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. “Steve Jobs-
The small plant grew slower than the others. He thought it would take a little longer to bloom, but he would do it anyway, so he waited patiently, but nothing happened.
The parable says that it took more than a year and remained almost the same as at first, it had an ever stronger stem, leaves, and branches, but there was no flower, much less fruit.
The rose bush, very kind, wanted to give you some advice. ” Look straight at the sun,” he said. I look straight into the sun and see how I’ve bloomed. I think you’re a rose bush and you just need a little more light and heat to bloom. The plant has heard it and since then, every morning, it has long looked at the sun. He was also trying to stretch so that his rays would catch up with him better, but nothing. No flowers came out of their branches.
The parable says that’s when the apple tree intervened. “The rose doesn’t know what it’s saying, ” he said. You’re actually like me, an apple tree, all you have to do is absorb the water more intensely. You’ll see how long it will not only bloom, but it will also bear sweet fruits. Listen to what I’m saying, do I know what I’m talking about?
The plant, which was already a little tree, listened intently to the apple tree, thought it was right. So every time they irrigated it, it absorbed as much water as possible. He made a great effort, but he didn’t care. All I wanted to do was bear fruit. More than that, I wanted to know who she was. And being an apple tree was something he liked.
According to this parable, more time has passed and nothing has happened, the tree that did not know who it was gave neither roses nor apples, fills it with sorrow. What kind of tree would it be if I couldn’t fill this garden with beauty and aroma, what was the fault of the one who had, who could not be what it was,, deep down it felt inferior to everyone else, a tree that produces nothing. It’s also useless, he says.
She remained immersed in sadness, until an owl arrived in the garden, the wisest of birds, saw her so distressed that she perched on one of her branches and tried to engage in a conversation. The tree that didn’t know who he was told him. The reasons for his sadness. The owl then asked permission to inspect it carefully. The tree accepted as all the plants looked at the scene curiously.
After crossing it from top to bottom, the owl landed again on one of the branches. “I know what’s going on,” he says, waiting for everyone. “You’re not a rose bush, you’re not an apple tree, or anything like that. That. You’re an oak tree and you don’t need to bloom or bear fruit like everyone else. Your destiny is to grow to the sky and become majestic. Will you be the bird’s nest, the refuge of travelers and the pride of this garden ?.
When everyone heard the owl, they were surprised. The tree that didn’t know who he was realized that it was wrong to want to be like the others, the rose bush and the apple tree were a little embarrassed, they wanted to help him, but they couldn’t do it because the rose thought like a rose and the apple tree like an apple tree.
Everyone has learned their lesson and thus has become the most beautiful garden in the world, with oak as a fundamental element.