| Arbor Day, as it is commonly known today, is of | | | | strongly. The tree gives leaves, wood, bark, |
| American origin and was first observed in | | | | fruits, flowers, sometimes different types of |
| Nebraska, USA on the 10th of April 1872. Now it | | | | gums and shade for the tired souls. A tree gives |
| is always observed on the last Friday in April. | | | | all that it has got back to the animal world. In |
| Arbor Day in different forms and names is now | | | | deep jungles, so many animals rest below the |
| observed in more than fifty countries. | | | | trees in the afternoons, and the birds make |
| Arbor in Latin means a tree. The spirit of Arbor | | | | countless nests on the trees. Can one imagine the |
| Day is to plant trees and care for them and help | | | | importance of trees in the ecological balance? It |
| them grow strong. It is what we give back to | | | | can not be measured. The butterflies know about |
| nature. If we think about our ancestors, we can | | | | that than many of us humans. |
| imagine the dependence on trees in those times. | | | | Many of us have seen so many trees since our |
| Trees were widely used for wood, fruits, flowers | | | | childhood that we never give a thought to them. |
| and the shade a tree gave. The earliest humans | | | | Visit a desert and you will realize the blessing that |
| derived tremendous benefits from the trees. We | | | | are trees. The desert looks so desolate without |
| are all obliged to trees. Can birds survive without | | | | any growth, without the trees. Where are the |
| trees? | | | | singing birds in a desert? Where are the fruits, the |
| Think of a tree. Most of the trees grow from a | | | | flowers, and the shade? Trees are necessary for |
| small seed. Let us become a little philosophical. The | | | | our growth, and they tell us about a selfless life. |
| seed makes a tree and the tree gives so many | | | | After you plant a tree and help it grow, it asks |
| more seeds, who in turn give so many trees and | | | | nothing from you for its lifetime. It only gives. |
| in turn more seeds. How many trees does a seed | | | | That is the selflessness of trees and that is how |
| contain? Infinite. Is this not an exciting thought? | | | | a life must be lived by all of us. Give more and |
| The trees stand alone on a piece of land. The | | | | expect less in return. |
| roots go deep down the earth and hold the soil | | | | |