Author: clfuu

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” —Henry David Thoreau

How do you find the sacred in the literal ground of our being?

Our planet is not just the ball of rock and water that we stand on. It is also the thin layer of atmosphere that we cannot see, but which all life depends on. The oxygen we breathe, the carbon dioxide and nitrogen that sustain the plants, the cycle of evaporation and precipitation—it may not be what you think of as “the earth,” but without it there would be no earth as we know it.

What things that are essential to your health and happiness tend to escape your notice?

“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke

What do you learn from the earth’s intelligence?

The earth loves dormancy as much as growth, and without fallow time a field will cease to yield a harvest.

How do you seek times of dormancy and rest?

There are lots of different types of love that one might celebrate on Valentine’s Day. Who more deserves our love and devotion than the planet we call home?

What would you write in a love note to the earth?