In the shadow of greatness

A little pine tree sprouts on its own in my yard under the massive tree that towers in the neighborhood.

Isn't that how we all started?  No one is immune.  We all started the same way--as babes in the arms of our parents.  Small, tender, subject to the whims of those around us.  Then we started to grow, to learn, to mature.  Along the way we find ourselves in the shadow of greatness as we absorb life lessons from the stellar examples in our own lives.  Before we know it we are the old and mature ones and the cycle begins again.  Now it is our turn to make a difference in the lives of others....

In the shadow of greatness