Little Acorns to Mighty Oaks

Yesterday morning, in my Lowestoft Journal, I read ‘Woodland project makes school a ‘treemendous’ place to learn and grow’. The mayor of Lowestoft was planting a tree with Elm Tree Primary School pupils – the first of a thousand trees for a school woodland project.

One sapling… a thousand saplings… a woodland… a legacy for future generations. I remembered ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ – a proverb dating back to the fourteenth century…

In yesterday’s ‘Singing for Health’ group ‘poetry slot’ Kim read:

Smiling is infectious,
You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too…

I thought Spike Milligan wrote it. Apparently not. The poem concludes:

So if you feel a smile begin,
Don’t leave it undetected,
Let’s start an epidemic quick,
And get the world infected.

One little acorn of a smile, becomes an oak tree, a woodland of joy.

Yesterday evening we enjoyed ‘A Night at the Movies’ – a programme of songs from films. In January 2024 our theatre manager, Karen, was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Following Karen’s surgery, chemotherapy and continuing recovery… her courage, resilience and optimism… last night raised over £1000 for Bowel Cancer UK.

Richard sung Toy Story’s:

You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got troubles, and I’ve got ’em, too
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
We stick together, and we see it through
‘Cause you’ve got a friend in me

One small acorn of friendship, becomes an oak tree, a woodland of love.   

This morning, reading ‘Numbers’… Moses and the Israelite nation have left Egypt. They’ve received the ten commandments and detailed rules for desert life, The priests, leading the nation’s religious life, are to bless the people with these words:

 ‘The Lord bless you
    and keep you;
 the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
    and give you peace.’

One small acorn of blessing, becomes an oak tree, a woodland of peace.