Synergy

Synergy


The synergy of nature is so very evident this time of year. Before the leaves of the trees begin their emergence and eventual camouflage of their barren, winter skeletons, their support and transport systems are exposed for all to see. The trees, with their roots anchored in the earth for support and absorption of water and nutrients, gain most of their size from carbon dioxide absorbed from the air. The trunks of the tree give the leaf-bearing branches the height to reach the sun. In a photosynthetic dance, they devour carbon dioxide and give forth oxygen.

Trees exhale life rich oxygen for our bodies. Our respiration exchanges carbon dioxide and oxygen between the lungs and blood and between blood and body tissue. The circulatory blood flows nutrients, waste and gases to and from our cells and tissues. We exhale the gas, carbon dioxide, in reciprocation, back to the trees.

Breathing supplies our heart and brain with life sustaining oxygen. Our crucial breaths, full of emotion, express laughter and tears, bursts of anger, cries of contentment, sighs of relief, or become shallowly contracted with fear. The breath is sacred.

Mother Nature knows that it is not necessary to reinvent the wheel. Our nourishment systems appear to be nearly identical. In humans, nourishment comes via arteries, veins and capillaries while trees are supplied through the lines of trunk, branches and twigs. The Mother, in her infinite wisdom, magically mimics vital architecture from life form to life form.

"God breathed into man the breath of life, and man became a living soul."

Biblical scripture