{"id":2051,"date":"2019-07-17T02:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T09:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2019-07-10T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T23:46:19","slug":"thoughtless-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/17\/thoughtless-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtless Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From a distance, the heart carved into the tree makes me first think of young love. A pair of starry eyed teenagers pledging their love for all time under their favorite tree, something right out of a 1950\u2019s movie, ahhhh\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then close up, I feel anger that someone would hurt a tree by carving into its skin. How could someone be so thoughtless and inflict such pain on another living being\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And ultimately I am sad that the tree, or any other being, has to endure something so painful that isn’t their choice, something that causes them to continually weep\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From a distance, the heart carved into the tree makes me first think of young love. A pair of starry eyed teenagers pledging their love for all time under their favorite tree, something right out of a 1950\u2019s movie, ahhhh\u2026 And then close up, I feel anger that someone would hurt a tree by carving … <\/p>\n

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