[WAG] not a second too soon nor second too late

[Kelly Atlas Bauche]

Today I took my dogs for a walk in the forest(yes DC has a forest) and 
our favorite tree had been felled by the torrential rains we had. I 
cried  and went to the beautiful tree (300 years or more old!) and it 
admonished me for attaching to the notion that it had been felled a 
moment too early.

My dogs seeing the grubs exposed started gobbling them up and I 
admonished them! Once again the tree admonished me. I said to the tree I 
don't want them to profit from its loss.On close examination of the tree 
tiny creatures were scurrying around and many were dead and I saw that 
many soon would die and the tree seeing my worry, said "I didn't fall 
one second too early nor one second too late, the grubs the dogs ate 
didn't die one moment too soon nor too late".

 The collateral damage was big, about four other trees not that old were 
also felled in their prime lay exposed. The tree watching me trying to 
straighten the branch on the young tree asked me why I felt I needed to 
make right the damage?I said it is not fair... this tree can live if the 
sap doesn't drain. The tree said if you try to repair the young tree you 
can only do so if you are not attached to the outcome, because what if 
that tree grows big and someone cuts it down  and uses it as an electric 
chair to kill many innocent people?
So, as I watched the dogs eat the grubs I started worrying that they 
would get worms. Kef the young one had showed up at my doorstep full of 
worms, fleas and cripple. I walked back asking myself do I preempt the 
worms and give her worm medicine am I interfering in nature. When I work 
on someone I always have this dilemma and I getting in the way of that 
person's path ? I realized by the time I got home that Kef will tell me 
if she needs it> She suffers a lot of pain (very crippled hips)and when 
she is in pain from her hips she hides from my compassion. She taught me 
to let others have their pain. I try to be a co- conspirator    to their 
own healing or not. It frees me to be a servant of the Dao not of my 
compassion.

This tree helped me a lot to act with out acting and be there but not there!
Love to all
Kelly