Outdoor observation 

The outdoors are a great spot to relax and reduce your stress level. Sometimes you just have to sit down in nature and look at what happens in nature and how the animals live. I looked at a small mandala in the woods and wrote some notes. There was a old tree that grew crooked, it had lost most of its branches and bark. Its roots looked young and strong but the upper parts of the tree were really old, it looked like the trees around it were supporting him because he was about to fall.

 I think of the tree as a person that had a long life full of amazing adventures.  He (the tree) had a majestic beard (moss), his skin looked as tough as crocodile skin. He had many scares, each having a different story. He had many holes in him, these holes symbolize his last great adventure. He had been shot and bled out in the middle of the forest. The way he died was tragic, because he tried to help a younger tree not to suffer from the abuse of termites. While saving the life of another tree he offered himself. Truly a brave death.

This mandala was really interesting, because of the story that the tree told me. Nature is truly fascinating.