This tree sits on the property line between myself and my neighbor's place. I don't know why it began growing out over the cliff like this. I don't know why it hasn't blown over, been pushed down by snow, or shattered from the forces that must always assault it. The bull pine testifies that we can endure tremendous conflict and forces that threaten to bring us down, but that eventually we rise above them. So remember that next time you feel like you are overwhelmed. Remember this tree. The one that bends without shattering.