Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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WhaT does a Tree mean To you? Perhaps iT repre- senTs beauty, patience, security, or growTh. Perhaps iT is a culminaTion of These qualifies inTo one symbolic meaning. A Tree can symbolize The sTages of life of you as an individual. While you are young The rooTs of your environment assume a major role in deTermining The direcTion in which you grow. As you geT older and aTTain each new goal, you are branching outward To your future responsibiliTies and Tasks. Eventually, as you gradually maTUIe, you will ac- quire an undersTanding of your new auThoriTy and posiTion as an adulT. Then you, faded and wiThered as The leaves aT The end of autumn, will be able To see The results of your ambition and sacrifices. BuT Today while you are sTill young, you musT rec- ognize a Truer and greaTer sense of values, and con- sider each decision more carefully. For The paTTern you are forming now will determine The ulTimaTe heighTh you will evenTually reach in your' lifeTime. A Tree can symbolize many Things To many people. Everyone, according To his own character and desires, infers his own singular meaning and significance.