Don’t give up !

Well, first of all, that sapling is an entirely different tree. And it had the (mis)fortune of sprouting from the trunk of a tree that was clearly chopped down for a reason. I’m gonna guess because it’s location wasn’t desirable or it grew too close to the pavement which choked its roots or cracked the concrete so someone decided it was best to remove it entirely. So if the moral of this story is make bad decisions about where to land in life then have kids who follow exactly in your footsteps, then I’d say it was mission accomplished.