This papaya tree, in Giraudel, is surviving and flourishing despite the fact it has been bent out of shape many times
Photo by GS
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remids me of a coconut tree we had on our plot we nicked named it the ” bent waist coconut tree’ but it bore fearlessly inspite of its apparent physical struggles – so when asked where one was going we would reply ” meet us by ‘bend waist'” funny at the time
And do you know that the papaya green leaves is good to drink for the chikungunya. Just wash, pure hot water over it, let it cool and drink as often as you can. It fight the disease very well. That’s what we use in SXM.
Good, healthy and nice. In spite of,,, I`ll bring forth. No one is going to keep us from producing,
Thanks DNO. Thanks Dupex . Besides the display of our natural beauty, your photos always carry a message. The message here is that success in life cannot be taken for granted. The heights by great men reach and kept were not attained by sudden flight.
This picture remind me that organic papaya (pawpaw) is a nutritious fruit full of medical value. I know from my granny and from personal experience that it is good for the control of high blood pressure.
I know that if you spread some seeds in your back yard ,within five months you have fruits. you can even get dwarf trees .Because of demand world wide and because it is a tropical fruit papaya can be a cash crop , with export potential
Survival is not a given.
Some of us need to take example from that papaya tree. It bent in a direction where it can get the much needed sunlight for it to bear good fruits.
Can we do the same and bend in the right direction to bear good fruits?
What a true lesson of strength in this picture. Bend but don’t break! Be flexible yet firmly rooted. A bend but don’t break attitude is required to weather the storms of life and is the secret of great success.
Thanks for this wonderful photo, as it reminds me of my last visit to Dominica.
My wonderful cousin treated me to a trip to Giraudel, where I was exposed to the beautiful fauna of that area.
God willing, I am anticipating my next visit to that panoramic area.
Thanks DNO for sharing our beautiful island with those of us, who are so far away!
God has blessed our land with much richness and nourishment…even the seemingly unhealthy tree in well sustained and nourished by nature.
I love this..
Not your usual “Photo of the Day” but definitely amusing.
Looks like the flower show site. never noticed it before
This is an object lesson given by nature. In spite of what life throws at you, though bent and out of shape and with ever present adversities, you can grow, bloom and be productive.
Great photo.
Brilliant !
How true !
This is called “perseverance”. If the this papaya tree can fight the odds, we too should fight.
Guess the tree will do anything to find sunlight.
she has weathered the storms of life and so can we!!!!!!!!!
Can the authorities that be realize how phenominal this is ?
this photo can be used as a major inspiration to the entire world .
The wordings which can be used to define this is beyound belief .
That tree has produced fruit naturally, despite all the odds.
You can bend me, but you cannot break me if i am determined to achieve my destiny .
THIS IS AMAZING .
with the right cations that should be the photo of the year .
I’m going to enlarge this and frame it . The youth at uni need to see this .
Is it patented nah ?
Inspiring
Motivating
Strengthening
Encouraging
AMAZING
IF IT WERE A MALE
WOULD IT HAVE PERSEVERED ALL OF THIS TO BEAR FRUIT?
OR WOULD IT HAVE SUCCUMBED ?
a thought to ponder !
MALE PAPAYA DOW BEARING FRUIT!!!!!!!