Week 39 – Is it time to prune your life?

It’s tree-pruning time in New England and I recently spent an afternoon withJim, our gardener, learning about how to support the trees we’ve planted in our yard. As it turns out, the care and nurturing of trees can teach us a few things about the care and nurturing of our lives.

When Jim and I began our work together, he explained that to assist the growth and health of a tree, he’d use a three-stage pruning process.

First, he would remove any dead branches.

Second, he would focus on the inte...