Living Lightly by Dale Curd

Author:Dale Curd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2019-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

June 24

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In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés writes:

I was lucky to be brought up in Nature. There, lightning strikes taught me about sudden death and the evanescence of life. Mice litters showed that death was softened by new life. When I unearthed “Indian beads” fossils from the loam, I understood that humans have been here for a long, long time. I learned about the sacred art of self-decoration with monarch butterflies perched atop my head, lightning bugs as my night jewelry, and emerald-green frogs as bracelets.

A wolf mother killed one of her mortally injured pups; this taught a hard compassion and the necessity of allowing death to come to the dying. The fuzzy caterpillars which fell from their branches and crawled back up again taught single-mindedness. Their tickle-walking on my arm taught how skin can come alive.

There is raw beauty, vulnerability, in the natural world. Soul. Meaning. Value. Growth. Sacrifice and effort are worth it.

Will you allow yourself to be untamed and unwilded? For a while, take yourself to a place where a dog can be unleashed. Walk in a ravine or in the woods. Get low to the ground. Watch nature happen. Smell leaves. Put your hand on a tree trunk and feel its energy. Climb and descend—come out of the straight line for a wee bit. Indulge your urges to take off a shoe, hug a tree, cry with gratitude, giggle, touch, sit on the dirt or get your pant legs wet.

Your own wildness will respond, your intuition will stir, your soul will smile.

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