“You are Groot” said to me by Jim Two Snakes after I mentioned feeling uprooted as I watched them pack up my house to move to a new location in a different country.
Groot moves on their own. They are a tree (sorta), they are the roots and the branches and the connection. And they move.
If I am Groot, then I carry my connection with myself. I never have to fear being uprooted because carry my roots with me.
I am Groot.
Let’s do this!
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