11/11/2025
I went looking for “something new” and found it at Johnson Nature Preserve in Cincinnati—an area hit by the F4 tornado in 1999. What I saw: a split trunk arched to the ground sprouting a whole new tree; a 90-degree bend twenty feet up growing a different species; a “dead” log giving rise to two full-sized trunks—still one plant.
It felt like a mirror. Life bends us, splits us, reroutes us—and still we grow. That’s the will to life. If you need a practice: feel your feet, soften your jaw, hand to heart. Name one place where it’s hard and you’re still growing anyway. That’s your miracle.
Read the full reflection here: https://www.innereyelifecoaching.com/johnson-nature-preserve-cincinnati-miracle-trees/
Visit Johnson Nature Preserve Cincinnati to see miracle trees that survived a tornado—a living symbol of nature’s strength and resilience.