tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post4320643165424187890..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Witness TreeJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-27397261136817388432015-08-07T16:02:18.113-04:002015-08-07T16:02:18.113-04:00I'm not so sure we actually can guess - at lea...I'm not so sure we actually <i>can</i> guess - at least not without knowing more about the kind of person Masaru Yamaki was.<br /><br />It all boils down to what Yamaki-sama believed in more strongly - hatred and conflict, or forgiveness and reconciliation? It might be there was a dark, hidden message in making a gift of the tree - or it might have just been purely good intentioned. There are people of all kinds, and for every person who would make the gesture out of bitterness and secret resentment, there's a person who would do it out of hope and nobility.<br /><br />There's a saying I particularly like and which I find tends to be fairly accurate - <i>"We suspect of others what we know of ourselves."</i> I feel that whether one is inclined to view this gesture positively or negatively says something significant about the kind of person each of us is and how we think about the world.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com