photo credit@ vickilsullivan 2015
These golden leaves were wind strewn along the roadside this morning. They're from a Gingko tree. The Gingko tree has ancient origins in China recorded to be more than 270 million years ago. The photo credit below is a free domain wikipedia photo showing a Gingko leaf fossil from the Eocene period dating back 56 to 33.9 million years ago. The leaf produced this year and the one fossilized millions of years before look identical.
Gingko Bilboa: the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct.
I carefully jogged a little over 2 miles this morning past 3 or 4 of these golden trees before gathering the 2 leaves. I am so gladdened to be back enjoying the cool autumn mornings! What a tremendous way to celebrate nature, especially during those times when seasonal changes bring such differences to the outdoors. My thoughts naturally ran to being thankful for such abundant beauty.
Thanksgiving and running being prehistoric trees like the gingko is an apt metaphor because such activity brings a natural euphoric (confident wellbeing) experience. The body is challenged to work as it was created to work. When challenged over time with good conditioning, it responds and gratitude naturally follows! Surely, such has been going on with humans since the beginning of the world.
I hope you will get out there to enjoy an exercise our human ancients participated in and discover the all the wellness benefits.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Vicki
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