Burned Alive - Now Thriving!

#wetland #wetlands #resilience

Several hundred acres burned, literally to the ground, several months ago. All the burned trees and shrubs give away that fires raged through this area recently. In fact, when you walk into the area, you can still smell burned wood and grass.

From a short distance, it all looks like nothing happened. That's because the wetland plants continue to thrive and have rapidly grown back, beginning a week after the fires were extinguished.

What's their secret to survival and even thriving? An extensive root system that the fires could not overcome. There's a lesson - a metaphor - for us here as well.

If we want to thrive through the trials and obstacles of life - even those things and people that wish to harm us - we must have a healthy root system of skills, integrity, rich relationships, and patience. Having those roots will give us the resilience we need to not only have the resources we need to prevail, but also "bring something to the table" in other key relationships in life.

Every time DirtFarmer Maggie and I drive by the area, it's a powerful lesson for us. We hope it is for you as well.