![Learning Bush](http://www.cookeq.com/img/bush1.jpg)

<h3>Life, Death and Renewal are the processes of earth.</h3> Look at the photo of the bush.  It has various shades of colors from a bright and vibrant green, to a natural and calming tone, all the way to a brown and withered twig.  <strong>This represents life through four phases, birth, wisdom, death and rebirth.</strong>

<h3>We are born full of life and excitement.</h3>  The young leaves on the bush are sharp and eager to enter the world.  They grow above their elders, straining to receive more sunlight, which I liken to wisdom.  As time goes forward, we begin to attain some of this knowledge.

<h3>As we age, we become mellow and filled with wisdom.</h3> The leaves which have been alive longer, loose their sharpness, their excitement.  But they fill out, gaining the maximum potential of the sunlight.  This is like life, as we grow older, we learn more and more about what it means to be alive.  Eventually we pass on to the next realm, whatever that may be.  <strong>Some call it consciousness, others call it heaven.</strong>  Whatever it is, we leave our bodies behind and this allows the planet to be reborn, yet again.

<h3>Upon death, we are returned to the earth and the renewal process begins.</h3>  Like the dying and dead leaves in the photo, their remains go back into the ground at the base of the plant.  They will fertilize the dirt and the plant will grow stronger because of it. <strong> New leaves will be born out of the ashes of the old ones</strong>.  This reminds me of what could potentially be our spirits returning to this earth to be reborn anew. 

![Learning Bush](http://www.cookeq.com/img/bush2.jpg)

<h3>It’s surprising that a simple bush can teach us these lessons.</h3>  Keep your eyes open, and explore the world.  Around every turn are people, creatures and plants all living on the same planet as we do.  All phases of life are expressed, <strong>death is not the end, it is merely a conduit to the renewal of life.</strong>

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