Beauty - strength

There's a beauty in the forest.  It's quiet.  It muffles noises.  It creates great think time.  Its leaves provide a scenic panarama during certain times of the year, fall being one of them.  It serves as a boundary around people who make their homes there.  And it sometimes forbids too much commercialization of human markings.  It offers so much to the environment scientifically and aesthetically that it is a force to reckon with.  So there is beauty in a forest, all right, but also strength.  I admire both qualities.  I like being around both the forest and people who share the forest's qualities.