It Knows

It Knows...

A tree beginning to grow
or a great oak standing tall in a forest
asks not,
“What am I?”
Nor does it peer into the water
shaded beneath its mighty branches
and question if its limbs grow as strong
or as straight as another;
It Knows.

A bird nesting in the comfort and safety
of a crook near the trunk of that tree
worries not about what activities should fill its day
or what nourishment should fill its diet;
It Knows.

A single blade of grass
growing at the water’s edge
toward the radiant Sun
with awe and determination
asks not,
“Can I grow?”
“Should I grow?”
It Knows.

Because unlike the human life
so filled with questions,
the tree and the bird and the grass,
and all of what is called “nature,”
trust in the Source that made them
and have no ego to distract their attention
with questions that hold no truth
in their meaning.
Their answers, like the questions,
are merely illusions that
block the view of truth.

For no tree compares itself to another.
No bird worries of its decisions.
Not a single blade of grass questions its power.

But, the human, too, can experience this
peacefulness, this knowing,
by following the example
gifted to us by nature.
Look away from the ego mind and
trust the Source.
It Knows.

It Knows.