Magnolia Tree at Grace Church

I love this Magnolia tree, which I pass often on my way to work. It takes my breath away and makes for a large emotion of pleasure and gratitude in me. "All beauty is a making one of opposites," Eli Siegel stated "and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves." I think this Magnolia tree is a beautiful oneness of of delicacy and strength, dark and light. It's pale, pink petals are delicate and they emerge from dark, strong branches. It is one of my teachers.

Lynette Abel