Although this man appears to be entirely solitary on his walk by the beach, he is accompanied not only by the unseen bugs, birds and other wildlife that are always present, but also by the people, living and dead, who are with him in his thoughts.
Who walks unseen with you today?
“The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.”
— Thomas Berry
How does connection with nature make you more deeply human?
You can’t, we are told, step in the same river twice. The water is always moving, and life never holds still so that we can freeze the moment. But you can float with the river, holding to your same river by moving along with it, keeping the moment by releasing yourself to move as it moves.
What helps you to “go with the flow”?
Sunflowers track the sun across the sky because the stem that holds the flower grows faster on the side facing the sun. They literally orient themselves for growth.
What do you do to orient yourself toward your growing edge?
Cozy or claustrophobic? Efficient or cramped? Organic or utterly disorganized?
How does the idea of living in such close proximity to your neighbors feel to you?
