Southern Life Oak 2

The cross changes an asymmetrical tree to a perfectly balanced and symmetrical shape. In a woods with all oddly-shaped trees, a perfectly symmetrical tree would make you say, "Wow! Look at that beautifully balanced tree!" But a world full of perfectly symmetrical trees would be sterile and boring, and we would long for some variety. The world needs both kinds of trees.

Each of us has within ourselves elements of balance and of asymmetry. We need both to be whole people. Unhealth comes when there's too much of one and not enough of the other.