We had a small tree in our house that developed a disease which was incurable and to which I was having an allergic reaction, so I put the tree out in the woods, where I knew it couldn’t survive the oncoming winter. In effect I killed the tree, or at least hastened its death, for more or less selfish reasons. This caused me some emotional pain. But I am sure the tree does not resent me for my action because a tree cannot blame or condemn. A tree knows only the earth, water, sunlight. Only love. God help me to have love the way a tree does.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 