Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water$$$ these are the things a weirwood understands$$$ not days and years and centuries. For men$$$ time is a river. We are trapped in its flow$$$ hurtling from past to present$$$ always in the same direction. The lives of trees are different. They root and grow and die in one place$$$ and that river does not move them. The oak is the acorn$$$ the acorn is the oak.