CAMBIUM CRACKS: a progression of understanding & misunderstanding

By Cydney Chambers and Reiko Shinde

Trees do not heal, they seal/compartmentalize through four walls of defense. Emotionally, humans are quite similar. We often do not forget the things that happen in our life, especially the things that bring us hurt and pain. Unlike trees, we often choose self-destruction after something stressful. That might be the only "coping" mechanism our g

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cydney Chambers
• Release date: Mar 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088092767

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CAMBIUM CRACKS

CAMBIUM CRACKS

CAMBIUM CRACKS

a progression of understanding & misunderstanding

Cydney Chambers

Cover Art by Reiko Shinde

Cydney Chambers

Copyright © 2023 by Cydney Chambers

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

ISBN: 979-8-218-18025-6

Cover art by Reiko Shinde

Illustrations by Cydney Chambers

First Printing, 2023

Nana,

My parents,

Co-co and Cee,

Susan,

My godparents,

My friends and guides,

And all things Divine.

Contents

Introduction

About The Author

THE INJURY

WALL I

WALL II

WALL III

WALL IV

Acknowledgements

Introduction

While away at college, I learned about compartmentalization of decay in trees, a concept by plant pathologist Alex Shigo. When a tree is injured or faces infection, it defends itself by compartmentalizing. Whether decay has already begun, yet to start, or never to come, the tree only knows effort in pursuit of sustainability and salvation.

Just like trees, we are faced with constant, unforeseeable stressors. Unlike trees, we have a form of protection very effective toward destruction: ourselves. But just as an axe needs sharpening to take down a tree, we must hone our minds to keep ourselves from being easily felled.

Trees do not heal, they seal/compartmentalize through four walls of