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Suckers and Stress


Tree Suckers.  Those annoying little trees popping up on the base of your big tree or along it's roots?  Did you know that most trees (there are a few who do it just because) only send out suckers when they are stressed?  

It is a symptom or a sign that something is not right with the tree and it is trying to get something going wherever it can.   Maybe if it puts up all of these little trees then it will get the air, water etc that it is needing.  It helps us analyze and fix.

This is just one of its symptoms of stress.  If a tree is under stress then it is susceptible to injury and disease.

 Can you imagine yourself as a tree?  O.k. I have not lost it and being all weird or anything.  What might be the signs and symptoms that you might be putting out? Any suckers, cracks or disease?

Maybe God made plants and animals to teach us about ourselves, people and Him! 



I have some injury to my stress system that stems from damage done as a little girl and even though I have grown up and through it- it still effects my life.  In weird times.  

My flight or fight thermometer was stuck on high due to overuse so I tend to not have a lot of wiggle room.  It is who I am so it is my job to watch, protect and deal with it.  

So I watch for suckers.  Then I deal with the problem.  If I'm:

Pulling away.  Shutting down.  Worry over stupid things.  Do a lot of little things that are not important. Talk way more then normal.  Run in circles more then normal.  Eat obsessively.  Work. Deal with others' problems instead of mine.


In my own journey, the cry of my heart has been for peace, rest, safety and contentment. This is the honest and real Cry of My Heart?  Is it yours?  God is so in to restoring and healing.

God has given us the tools such as family, friends, wisdom...to help us heal.  If we are open and "put ourselves" out there so people really know us.  Yes it is painful.  Yes people might reject or turn away from the "not perfect" you but who cares!  

The true friends and family and God will surround you with a protective arm and provide the shelter needed for some rest.  

Then we can have our melt down, get a nap and get back at it!  








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