Years ago I mounted a flag bracket on this tree. As I recall, one of the screws was difficult to seat and went only partially into the wood. The bracket seemed adequately secured by the other two. There was no nearby electrical outlet so the flag was dutifully taken in at dusk, on the days that it flew. One very windy day the force of the whipping flag yanked the bracket out of the tree. When taking out the remaining screws the bracket broke. Taking the lazy path, it was decided to leave the remaining piece on the tree and mount a new bracket closer to the house, near an outlet. I completely forgot about that bracket until this year's snow melted and I was near this tree. I was quite struck by the healing capacity of that tree. You can see the new growth growing right over the old metal. How often are we stopped in our tracks by some perceived slight, a small misfortune, missing a deadline, not being chosen, being disappointed in our own performance...? So many times the only impediment to accomplishment is our own illusion of failure. Learn from the tree. Keep growing until the old experience is made nearly invisible by some future success.