One day Robert went for a walk with his father. The area was nice and full of trees. Robert looked at the beautiful trees that grew there and smiled:

- Dad, these trees are beautiful! I wonder who would have planted them?

- Ah, son, it was Nature! When I first came here, still a young boy, almost nothing was green, but in time these different species of trees began to appear! Each person would bring a seedling, and now, as you can see, they are really huge and beautiful!

- But why do people plant trees, Daddy? - asked the little boy.

The father looked at his son and pointed his finger at the huge trees:

- Look how many different species are planted here. When planting a seedling, we are not planting for ourselves, but for those who will come as time goes by! These trees will produce fruits and flowers for those who pass by. This way, everyone can receive their blessings in the form of flowers or fruit!

- But why, Dad? - asked the boy, who did not yet understand.

The father sat on a large root and, putting the child in his lap, pointed with his finger:

- Robert! Look around, son! Whoever planted the seed of that huge tree there, did not plant it for themselves, but for those who would come well after them! Whoever planted each type of tree, whether of flowers or fruits, planted them so that others who came later could benefit from those trees. Many of these trees provide medicine that heal people!

- Is that right, Dad?

- Yes, son. When we plant a tree, we are not thinking about our hunger, but of how many people it can feed with its fruits over time!

- That's right, Dad. Many people are going to pick their fruit and flowers up, right?

- Certainly, Robert. Here I am seeing many medicinal trees and certainly there are people who benefit from them!

The father looked at his watch and said:

- But it's late now and we need to get back home - and he took the boy by the hand.

Arriving home, Robert excitedly asked his mother:

- Mommy, did you know that Dad took me to a grove with many huge beautiful trees? I loved it! Each one had a different job from the others.

- What do you mean, honey? - his mother asked, smiling.

- Mom, I'll tell you: Do you know what I learned today? That everything we see has a job. For example: The light you lit, will serve for all who enter here! If you prepare lunch with vegetables, potatoes and everything else, it will be for those who arrive! And even the water that runs in a stream will help those who need it! Isn’t it wonderful?

- Certainly, Robert! What a wonderful thing Nature is, isn’t it?

- Mom, one day I'll take you to see that beautiful forest full of trees!

- Well, I want to see where you and your father went to see those wonders!

The boy hugged his mother's legs, and said:

- I’ll take you, Mom! You will see how good God is to us all! He gives us everything, we just have know how to harvest and use! There is even medicine in the shape of trees!                                            

MEIMEI