what gives you hope?

a tree asked me this question:  what gives you hope?
without thought, i heard my answer:  fruit.

firstly, fruit is fresh and juicy and delicious. that’s more than enough reason for hope.
yet within it’s fleshy tenderness it contains seeds. 
by nature, seeds exist to be sown and become grown.
growth gives me hope. 
trees bear fruit from budding tips, from tipping branches, stemming from stoic trunks, reaching long roots into the earthy soil.

so dear tree, it seems that you are what gives me hope.