Trees and Life
A farmer who tethers a to straighten it is like braces on teeth. He lets the wind, rain and sun hit the tree so it's roots will be deep and it's wood strong. Sometimes even leaving stones in the ground for the trees to have foot holds. A second farmer plants a tree in a green house where the water and light are just perfect. No wind hits the tree to strengthen the wood. It has fluffy soil to stretch it's roots in. Then gets transplanted outside in a rock free hole. The second tree during the first big wind storm will either snap in two or become up rooted. With no wind hitting it growing up to strengthen the wood or rocks and hard soil to build a good sound root system it had no defense against what the world through at it. The first tree will weather many a storm, for it's wood is strong, it's roots are deep and healthy from borrowing in the hard soil and around rocks. It will be hard to up root it or snap it. Just like the trees, we too must weath