This is a philosophical stone. A lot of different meanings are available upon evaluation.

Our lives are similar to that of the pines.

As we grow older (and hopefully slightly wiser), changes occur that require our reaching out for new ground.

It’s Monday morning. Take a minute before the busy day. Relax as if you’re up north.

Imagine standing on the eastern shore of Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin. Your senses are bringing in all that is around you.

The “teaching moment” was just around the corner. “Look at the value”, I offered, “of the milkweed to the monarch.