Imagine with me a sapling that takes root in fertile soil. Someday, it will become a beautiful oak with branches spreading forth to provide shelter and shade. However, beside this sapling grows a vine, full of thorns. As the sapling sprouts forth from the earth, the vine reaches for its trunk and takes hold. The two begin to grow together. At first, the sapling isn’t affected as the vine slithers its way around and around, meticulously executing its plan. But, as the […]
