You paused beside a bent old trunk, its bark rough as memory.
The breeze passed through its branches like breath.
Something shifted in the dirt; an acorn, or an echo.

The Coast Live Oak left you this message.

Today, do one generous thing without letting yourself feel saintly.
Do not track it. Do not frame it. Do not speed away from it.

Then sit still for five minutes—no media, no tasks. Just sit.
Feel how much life exists when nothing is accomplished.

Say aloud:
“I am enough. I root, I give, I stay.”