There is a reason why walking among nature is best advice when one is discouraged or just seeking solace and God's response to our whirling swirling lives.
Are you nature?
Have you pondered your relationship with God's creation?
Have you pondered your connection to the grass, the soil, the fallen trees? f
I glance out the back patio doors and reflect once again on the floods we have experienced these recent Julys. The trees lie down, lean into one another, the creek edges are surrounded with brambles.
Nature is speaking to me today as Donna Ashworth's meaningful poem gives me moments to pause.
Welcome home!
"You Are Nature" by Donna Ashworth from 'Wild Hope'
Because walking in nature is a return to ‘home’.
You are not a lover of nature, or a fan of nature, you ‘are’ nature.
You are as much nature as the trees in your garden and the bees on your picnic.
You were designed to live your days out in the wild with your fellow creatures and plants but progress, humanity, had different plans for us all.
And so we exist day-to-day, in our homes, but never ‘home’.
The quickest route back to self, to inner peace, is bare feet on grass, arms around trees, head in the clouds and heart in a forest.
Put your bones in water, whenever you can, smell each flower you see and crumble dirt between your tired-of-typing fingers.
You are nature, go home once in a while.
It will bring you much you didn’t even know you were missing.
I signed up to receive her emails and am seeking more of her poetry.
Of course, being the book addict I am there are always choices on Thriftbooks.
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