I share with you a poem I recently read, from the book, "Sharing Boundaries: Learning the Wisdom of Africa," by Annetta Miller.
Peace.
Every year
my husband and I
plant several trees
on a Kikuyu friend's farm
outside Nairobi
The first trees
we planted are now
over thirty feet tall
This year
I looked over into the farm
adjoining our friend's
land
A neat row of young trees
was spreading its branches
"Yes," he said,
"your tree planting
is contagious
But I gave my neighbor
the first trees to plant
If I hadn't done that
he would be very jealous of my trees
This way
there is
no jealousy
and there is
peace"
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