A confused sub came before a wise Master who adored her. She felt that to submit to him would mean she would open her heart to unbearable pain should he ever leave her. She hungered for him and needed him, but was ready to walk away in panic.
The gentle Master knelt her before him and started a tale of love and devotion. As she looked up at him his arms began to widen and open like a large tree stretching its branches to the sky. At that moment the Master appeared rooted to the floor and His impressive size towered above her like a giant tree. Then he began to speak.
"I am here for you, now and always, no matter how far time and space takes us. Whether you walk away from me today or stay and serve me I will not turn from you because I am as patient as time itself.
I will take not from you unless you give freely and completely of yourself, but I give onto you regardless because for my love is unconditional. Like the olive tree that can both feed and shade you, I am here eternally for you in your life on this earth.
If you need my fruit to feed your hunger, I will give you all the fruit you need. If your skin grows dry and loses its luster, the oil from my fruit will restore it and make it glisten. When you need comfort, my leaves will gently caress your face with the slightest breeze.
When you need discipline, my branches will correct you when the wind blows strong. If you need my shade to protect you from the sun, my branches will shade and protect you. If you need warmth at night, my fallen branches will fuel the fire to keep you warm and safe.
If you need a refreshing breeze, my leaves will fan you and cool you. You are my gardener. When you submit to me, you tend that which keeps me vibrant and full of life. When you kneel under me to till my soil, you give breath to my roots.
When you water me, my sap flows strong through me raising my limping branches. When you soil yourself, collecting fertilizer with your bare hands you strengthen and humble me with your devotion.
Although my life would go on, life would not be the same without you. Your dedication and unconditional care for me keeps me vibrant and nurtures my very core. The sustenance and protection I give you seems little reward for your servitude.
Still the gardener serves the tree from her heart and in turn the tree gives her heart all that it can. I am here, roots planted firmly in the ground, and can not follow if you walk away from me. But be assured I will still be here, waiting for you in this same spot to offer you all that I do now.
Stay with me and be my gardener. You can not get lost in me, for we are complementary to each other. I am your devotion and you give meaning to my existence. Apart we live life and survive; together we bloom eternally!"
As the Master finished his last words the sub cried herself to sleep at his feet. That night, He stood planted there like the Olive tree offering her His love and protection as she slept. She would tend to Him with her total devotion the next day and everyday thereafter.
~ Author Unknown
