wishing tree

There are things I like about this tree. It is in the middle of a one-way roundabout that gives access to the local 9-hole public course, but that isn't what I mean. This is a rural western conservative christian locale, and that is why I'm surprised.

It's not much of a tree, I guess. Stunted, with some sort of berry I don't think we should eat. But it is labeled as a wishing tree. The neighborhood has two elementary schools, a junior high, an alternative school, an explosively growing college, some retirement communities and a lot of homeless people. Just a few blocks from a thriving downtown and a growing industrial strip, and of course dozens of little churches and some big ones too.

And people toss wishes, all sorts of people and all day long. It isn't about the tree.

Originally posted by @apathist
It isn't about the tree.

Originally posted by @divegeester
I’m not sure what this is about.

Originally posted by @apathist
Do you suppose that people are thinking the tree is magic and will grant wishes?

Originally posted by @apathist
Do you suppose that people are thinking the tree is magic and will grant wishes?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
People want to believe.
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
No different sir than people making a wish before blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. Few I suspect believe such an action will cause the wish to come true. Just a piece of transitory fun.

Originally posted by @apathist
Do you suppose that people are thinking the tree is magic and will grant wishes?

Originally posted by @divegeester
Yes.

Originally posted by @apathist
Your jesus is a wishing tree. Kinda tainted though, since you don't give appropriate credit. The wishing tree doesn't solve our problems, and jesus doesn't solve them either. We solve them.

Originally posted by @divegeester
Is this about the tree now?

Are you people embarrassed because you make wishes? All whistling and avoiding eye contact.

It helps to have sense of humor, I guess.