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: Note the language: "comfort and warmth..."
: "open to new possibilities..."
: "warm appreciation of basic opportunities..."
: Juxtapose with language about 22 Virgo:
: "a reference to ancestral achievements..."
: "a status that is not merely personally acquired but has its roots in a notable past..."
: "nobility confers exacting responsibility..."
: Once more a reference to ancestral achievements occurs among
: these symbols for the sign Virgo.
From an Editorial Review at Amazon.com: The Man Who Planted Trees is not a detailed how-to guide to planting; it is a touching story of Elzéard Bouffier, who devoted his entire life to reforesting a desolate portion of Provence, in southern France. He single-handedly planted 100 acorns each day before, through, and after two world wars, and transformed a sorrowful place into one full of life and joy. Jean Giono's words offer a tribute to how much good one person can accomplish in a lifetime and advise on how to live life with deep meaning.
From a Customer Review: The Man Who Planted Trees has left a "visible mark upon the earth" having been translated into several languages. In the "Afterword" of the Chelsea Green Publishing Company's edition, Norma L. Goodrich wrote that Giono donated his story. According to Goodrich, "Giono believed he left his mark on earth when he wrote Elzeard Bouffier's story because he gave it away for the good of others, heedless of payment: `It was one of my stories of which I am the proudest. It does not bring me in one single penny and that is why it has accomplished what it was written for.'"
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees/dp/0930031024
Wikipedia: The character of Bouffier also has some similarity to the legendary early 19th century American tree planter Johnny Appleseed.
Another tireless promoter of tree-planting is Marthinus Daneel, Ph.D., Professor of African studies at Boston University and founder of ZIRRCON (Zimbabwean Institute of Religious Research and Ecological Conservation). Daneel has worked with churches for years planting millions of trees in Zimbabwe. Due to instability in Zimbabwe in recent years, such efforts have been significantly curtailed.
Similarly, worried about global warming, Bhausaheb Thorat planted 45 million seeds after being inspired by the book. For this he started the Dandakaranya Abhiyaan in June 2006 at Sangamner, Maharashtra, India. Sangamner is on Pune-Nasik highway. UNEP has taken notice of this campaign in its A Billion Tree Campaign in which almost 45 million seedlings have been planted till the date.
Some people claim that people in other countries have produced similar effects. For example, a man called Abdul Karim had apparently created a forest out of "nothing" over 19 years, using the same method as Bouffier. An organization called Trees for the Future claimed to have assisted more than 170,000 families, in 6,800 villages of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, to plant over 35 million trees. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, founded the Green Belt Movement which planted 30 million trees to restore the Kenyan environment.
Noon Today EDT: Moon conjunct Venus in 26 Leo (Tropical):
AFTER THE HEAVY STORM, A RAINBOW
KEYNOTE: Linking above and below, the Covenant with one's divine nature, promise of immortality.
At the first stage of this thirtieth sequence, the symbol of the rainbow shows us the need to maintain a state of open communication between the Sky and the Earth within our total being — not for the sake of finding an ever-elusive "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow, for this end is never to be reached, but in order to face the totality of our individual selfhood as it is projected in the many-hued dome of our sky-flung consciousness. After every successfully met crisis, the REVELATION OF WORTH comes to us, and with it comes the promise of success, if only we do our part.
http://mindfire.ca/The%20Sabian%20Symbols/An%20Astrological%20Mandala%20-%20Leo%2016-30.htm
