"There are two ways through life. The way of nature and the way of grace. You have to choose which one you will follow."- The opening line of the movie from the year 2011 " The Tree Of Life" by Director Terrence Malick.
These two forces are what drive all life and shape everything around us that we see. Grace, the unfiltered love and compassion. Watch how your own tree is growing!
Last night I was watching the little bit weird and complicated but fantastic movie, reminding me to nature and its grace.
I am not interpreting this film but share some photography of trees and what thoughts came to my head, reflecting on The intense relationship with my beautiful 23 years old daughter Tahnee and her own experience with her biological father as well as her stepfather.
The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt).
I asked myself what is the meaning of this wonderful and mystical tree of life?
You have roots, leaves, branches, the trunk and fruits coming from the same magical tree and all those parts represent this tree in a symbolic way.
The tree of life, mentioned in the books of Genesis and Revelation, is a life-giving tree created to enhance and perpetually sustain the physical life of humanity. The tree was planted by God in the Garden of Eden: “The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ( Genesis)- Source
I found those natures creations on my way to watch some open air theatre, my dear friends took me to. We walked through a fairytale like park close to Vienna to enjoy "The Kultursommer Laxenburg." to see "HEISS", written by my schoolfriend husband Christan Deix. It was fun and entertaining but those trees didn't get out of my mind.
Today, I just wanted to say how much I do love my daughter! There will never be a greater love I could feel than mine, for my child. Her birth gave meaning to my whole world!
So, what got me to manifest such powerful feeling in words and my images? How should we live? How to find the ultimate and adequate meaning for anything?
Like "Mother Earth" and "Father Sun?! :) >>> 
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Love & Birth
Nature & Grace
How brute nature and spiritual grace can shape all life!?
Francis A.Schaeffer breaks it down into the Nature versus Grace problem.
Nature, the lower: the created; earth and earthly things; the visible and what happens normally in the cause-and-effect universe; what man as man does on the earth; diversity, or individual things, the particulars, or the individual acts of man.
Grace, the higher: God the Creator; heaven and heavenly things; the unseen and its influence on the earth; unity, or universals or absolutes which give existence and morals meaning. - Source
Nature always existed! Nature can be vicious!
Technology, architecture, weapons, war, competition and everything else borne from ego and self-preservation fall into the category of Nature and are almost always destructive, to sum it up. Grace, on the other hand, may be considered everything in life that is remaining in nature’s absence.- Source
Nature is the movement in the universe that molded the planets, carved their surfaces, and set the foundations to allow life to flourish. Grace, on the other hand, came about in more complex organisms through a higher sense of awareness of other life forms that occurs over time. It is the compassion, sympathy, and love that develops from an organism realising, it is not the first to be pleased in the universe and that other organisms are trying to survive as well. - Source
It might be the path to GOD!
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There is no much better and stronger than relation of a family tree, what ever happen it will just be the same and never change.
and a love of a mother to her child is unmatch. Yes you should brag about having uterus. . .😃😃😃😃😃
any way, that tree is so magical.
That's right! Can't change that tree with all branches, leaves and every season new fruits!
i see you taking good care of you commentators thats soo kind of you <3 GOd bless u :) <3
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What a super post @mammasitta and God bless you for such an inspiring article. Trees are enigmatic to me and I'm continuing to learn so much about our world that I did not know before. It just so happens I saw this video and I'm still processing this information and it's blown me away. You might've seen this before, so forgive me if I'm running over old ground my dear. Jack & The Beanstalk may not be a fairytale after all. ;-)
Beautiful trees. Nature is beautiful and wicked at the same time.
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Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
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Nice post,I like your work @mammasitta thanks for sharing
I am thankful you like my blog. Awesome to see new faces here
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That's a real love, I'm glad you share it with us! Keep going
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Green peace serenity
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I am always right ;)
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'Love & Birth - Nature & Grace - Trees Of Life' impressively captured by @mammasitta's camera.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
- Mahatma Gandhi
What a lovley quote , full of faith for humanity!
Great presentation skills @mammasitta. you done it cleverly . It makes me to imagine how you can feel with the birth your own daughter. always remain loving memories with loved one, so that the nature things are combine with it . thanks for adding some loving flavors to the steemit
Living and loving flavors of our days need to be shared. Thank you for understanding what Kind of love I put on the blockchain 🐲
Today in one of my commets I also wrote; Beautiful nature, Its given ,....
We only have to respect and love it,.....
Thanks for the blog, the pictures you share !!!
Excellent post,@mammasitta. Simply wonderful.:)
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Very deep thoughts and the most important they are sincere. Nothing makes me so interested, like reading about love, family and life purpose. Thank you for a great article.
I am always looking for the purpose but then I find myself looking at those trees and know, it's so simple.
Beautiful thoughts and pictures! I love my daughters as well but the relationships with them are difficult to say the least but also the most worthwhile. I think nature is divinely indifferent to all our comings and goings, if it does have a wish, I bet its wish is, "we all live our life to it's fullest and don't worry about dying."
Happy Mothers Day to all those who can love like a mother loves her child. <3
You see ! That's what I missed! Real people hahaha!
I already said it : I missed you and your fab energy .
You are such a darling, I feel the same....good vibes all around to those who dare to interact with us ;-)
I dare THEM! I know you do 🐲🐲🐲
Nature! … We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thank you very much dear @mammasitta for your post! Great work!
@mammasitta, I totally agree
What part ?
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Thanks for sharing with me those old trees! I love it
Just like me hahha ...."old" and wise with many stories to tell
I read full article and watch the movie clips but still speechless that how beautifully you present the ways of nature and grace.
I try my best to tell stories with my images I catch every day
I like it when you present story so deep with pictures and this time with movie clips awesome.
Hi ........................ Dear @mammasitta
Again very nice Pictures, Photography and video.
Thanks for sharing.
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Cheers!
Wonderful and thank you !
@mammasitta it's really great article without tree our nature we can't survived :))
Big thumbs up for great article
That's kind of you!
Beautiful city and nice location. it is good topography. your post is good 100% like and resteem.
With good and correct shooting technique even though the medium is less attractive at first, will turn out be nice whit it.
I want to try like you @mammasitta hopefully #natute to be beautiful and can produce a good #photography work.
Regard @madcool
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it's a very cool post! and very complicated questions to answer
Great job mammasitta keep going
For sure !
Full of city your blog, thanks for sharing.
After I read all that is written and the picture is very very meaningful very deep and very much related to the life and very far forward thinking as to where later grandchildren grandchildren if not from now in care and preserved is really a very good post between the creation of god that must Keep each other great
Beautiful and meaningful reply. I did not understand everything exactly but I can feel what you mean and glad you did understand my message.
you answer this I feel glassy eyes because I appreciated my comments thanks
love to see the beautiful sculpture.. nice to see the beautiful pics ... thanks for sharing.
Loved your photos, and your writings of #Grace.
And regarding #compassion -- there is such peace, is there not, in showing compassion ...
I Love animals, and so enjoyed the #video you included. I think I recognized the actress in that clip!
My very favorite image is the 1st one -- because of the way the big tree's limb extends out at a 90 degree angle ! GNARLY ..
This is fantastic and I love its ingenuity.
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Thank you