I went to see a play the other night with Amen for my invite to theatre class called “the secret agenda of trees”, and to be honest…when I first heard the name I definitely laughed and pre judged it. I ignorantly assumed that it would be some experimental theatre…aka “white people shit” that goes completely over my head. But to my surprise and delight, this play was nothing like that. It was in my FAVORITE theatre genre, contemporary American realism (woot!) and it was effing amazing!!!
There was this one particular quote that stood out to me in the play, and I guess this is how they got the name…but the little girl says this in one of her monologues:
“What is the secret agenda of trees….why do they claw so desperately towards the sky?”
I don't know man...that quote just hit me for some reason...i really had to think about that shit...and it really is a good question. Why are trees constantly growing???...ascending towards the heavens...away from it all..away from us all.
Maybe we as humans should be like trees. focused on upward mobility. focused on SELF GROWTH and PERSERVERANCE. Maybe the reason why GOD created trees was to show humans how we are supposed to live...maybe GOD was trying to tell us that we should live our lives CONSTANTLY trying to move towards him...constantly trying to reach the heavens...
"The things that really matter are NOT of this WORLD or of this EARTH
Let's look to the SKIES to find our WORTH"
truthfully,
Akilah ♥
P.S. ( Be like TREES!!! c:)
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