The eastern spinebill [honeyeater] began to build it's nest in the potato vine above the arch covering the gate that leads into the shearing shed garden, and we loved the thought of this pair raising it's babies just over our head as we walked through each day to feed the free range poultry and generally did work in the garden. There is considerable movement around and through the arch and under its gate. The Eastern Spinebill is a fast nest builder and in this way misses out much of what is going on over a longer period of time as it quickly completes the construction of its nest. So when it was ready and decided to lay its eggs and sit, it was suddenly disturbed by all the things it wouldn't normally see and therefore felt threatened and left all this work and resource expended, abandoned, as it moved away
So it is a desirable thing in some instances to go slow, to be certain that we see much of what is going on before we finally decide to expend a great deal of energy and resources to do what we think might be something good. There is no reason for rush, but it appears that human beings pursue speed so that the one who does may get the benefit of whatever they have done. Maybe all we should do, is to make certain that something we are contemplating is not going to create more problems than what it solves, and then, if this is proven and certain, we can go ahead and do it; allowing it to mature for the benefit of our children and grandchildren?
So the magic of planting a tree, especially one that will grow slowly, adapt to the conditions as they change is: it will be mature for our grandchildren to enjoy. We cannot leave a greater legacy for them; a planet disturbed as little as possible and a resource they can use and replenish in turn for their children and grandchildren. Then they may also have time to contemplate what they are going to do before they attempt it?
