You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer Alan Noble Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov

Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov

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You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer Alan Noble Drawn from The Brothers KaramazovSometimes we describe ourselves as trees. When we're thriving, we speak of being rooted and fruitful, in a good season. When we struggle, we might describe ourselves as withering, cut off from friendship and the world. These ways of describing ourselves matter because they shape the ways we live. But in a world dominated by efficiency, we have begun to use more unforgiving metaphors. We speak of ourselves as computers: we process things, we recharge.