{"id":2500,"date":"2016-04-27T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2016-04-27T17:13:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:13:06","slug":"location-location-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2500","title":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While on a recent hike, I saw an old tree clinging to a cliff. \u00a0Really it was the remains of a tree, since it had obviously died some time ago. \u00a0At first I was inspired by the beauty, then I thought about the fact that it was just the remains of a dead tree. \u00a0The issue wasn&#8217;t really the tree, it was the location. \u00a0Had the tree lived and died somewhere else, leaving such a scrawny carcass of a tree, it would have been underwhelming for sure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2502\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2502\" src=\"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deadtreeoncliff-picsay-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"A tree that grew on a cliff\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deadtreeoncliff-picsay-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deadtreeoncliff-picsay-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deadtreeoncliff-picsay-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/deadtreeoncliff-picsay.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tree that grew on a cliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The real splendor of this little tree was not the beauty of its withered remains, but the testimony of those lifeless crooked limbs. \u00a0A weathered wooden testament of a life lived in a difficult place. \u00a0A life lived where cold winds whipped over a rugged landscape. \u00a0A life lived where every ounce of growth had to be carefully rationed between leaves reaching for the sun and roots clinging to any small crack or crevice in the rock.<\/p>\n<p>If this dead tree had been somewhere in the middle of the forest, I would most likely have never noticed it, but having grown in the rugged, difficult place, it left a legacy of beauty. \u00a0The Bible says that trials make us better people. \u00a0I\u2019m sure it\u2019s true, even though if given the choice, I would prefer not to grow on the difficult, rocky cliff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on a recent hike, I saw an old tree clinging to a cliff. \u00a0Really it was the remains of a tree, since it had obviously died some time ago. \u00a0At first I was inspired by the beauty, then I thought about the fact that it was just the remains of a 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