Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance.
Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.