What Part of the Tree of Life Are You?

I have used for a long time the metaphor of a tree that represents 'all that is'.  All That Is... is God and we and all of Creation.    A tree may have roots, branches, twigs, limbs, leaves, flowers, fruit, some even have thorns and broken branches.  
I have seen some wonderful quotes from Albert Einstein.   There was a lot more to him than E=MC2.  He had a vast understanding of the universe.    " All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. "
Albert Einstein
What part of the tree of life are you?    A root?  A branch?  A thorn?  How about a flower? 

The tree of life.....

The tree is a powerful symbol.  The tree of life is a symbol in many religions and has many meanings.  For us the tree provides, shade, fruit, wood, the leaves absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, life.
Look at your Christmas tree, look at the trees in your yard, on your street.  Think about what your trees have done and what they represent to you.   "I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree."   TREES by Joyce Kilmer.

God is like a tree.

And the Master said...
God is like a tree.   A tree has many parts.  There are leaves, branches, twigs, bark, roots, as well as flowers and fruit.  Some even have thorns.  God is the entire tree.  You and I  and all other creation may be likened to a leaf, or a twig or even a cell, a fragment of bark.  But God is the entire tree.  The leaves may fall, flowers and fruit come and go, but the tree is always there. 
The student spoke up, “Yes Master I understand your meaning.  We are a part of God.   Each is a part of the whole but the whole is God.”