A
Tree Story...
By: Dr.
Prahl
February 27,2006
Imagine
yourself as
a tree
standing on the edge of the woods. You have weather
ed
many storms,
bitter
winters and dry summers. You were the seedling that made it, surviving
the
rabbits, the deer and the voles. Now you are in your prime, a
foundation of
deep roots, a fine specimen with a sturdy trunk who rests during the
winter and
puts out glorious green plumage in the spring. By summer you offer the
best
shade around. This year, however, you
notice
that the leaves just off the left main branch are starting to curl,
just a
little bit, not too much to be concerned about yet so you'll just keep
an eye
on it. Time passes as it always does and the next summer rolls around
and you
notice that there are two more areas with curled leaves. Enough of this
you say
and you call out the tree MD. He says you have leaf-curling disease and
you
must put salve on each of the curling leaves. "Try that", he says,
"call me back if it doesn't work". You diligently apply the salve
until autumn when the leaves drop. All winter you pray that this
problem will
be gone. Next spring three more areas appear and by summer many of the
leaves
are turning yellow and falling off early. You've called the tree doctor
and now
you are applying four different drugs to the leaves in an effort to
save them.
It's really affecting how well you make chlorophyll so you are
exhausted all of
the time. You are concerned about the future. Its beginning to look
like next
year you will be firewood.
What
the tree
didn't pay attention to was that new housing
development going in next to his forest. In digging out the new area
and
building roads, waterways had been diverted and the tree's deep roots
no longer
had access to water and certain nutrients. Chemicals had been spilled
at the
construction site which polluted the area. New lawns had been planted
with lots
of fertilizers and fill dirt which changed the pH of the surrounding
soil. The
deep roots, the foundation of this tree's health had been permanently
changed.
Only by treating the soil, feeding it, watering it and balancing its pH
and
cleaning up the soil will the tree regain it health. The leaves were
only the
symptoms of a greater problem. Treating the leaves will never heal the
tree.
How might you
affect your foundation? Human foundations are built
on healthy foods, adequate pure drinking water, balanced pH, essential
vitamins, minerals and fats. In addition we need exercise and mobility,
work
that fulfills us, play that sustains us and loving relationships. We
may also
need to decrease our toxic load. If you are having lots of symptoms,
taking
more and more drugs to control those symptoms, feeling tired all of the
time or
feeling stressed and overwhelmed you might want to look to your
foundation.