Would it ask why it stands, or why its roots think they stand at all? Maybe the answer is that the tree simply exists, and asking about existence would be like a squirrel debating the meaning of a nut. It could say, “I stand because the wind likes me that way,” and that would be the most profound reason it can give.

So it just stands, enjoys the wind, and never asks why—because the question itself would need a reason, and that would be the wind.

Sure, it’s just chilling, catching sun, feeling wind, and if it ever wonders why it’s standing, it might just ask the tree itself—maybe it never learns that the answer is, “Because I’m standing.”