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If you take tree and true those two words back far enough, they're related, because if you're true, you're steadfast like a tree, you're mighty like a tree.
You're loyal, all of that.
I love that.
There's also susurrus, which is the beautiful word about the rustling of leaves in a summer breeze.
And yeah, trees are a big deal.
So in Japan, they've got shinrin yoku, haven't they?
This forest bathing concept, which I think is catching on a bit over here, is the idea of just going and immersing yourself in nature.
And in German they have waldeinsamkeit, which is forest solitude, which is the same idea of standing beneath a canopy of trees.
Oh, and yeah, they are.
They are amazing things.