Meditations for Living In Balance by Anne Wilson Schaef

Author:Anne Wilson Schaef
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

We’ve heard a lot about turning lemons into lemonade. How about turning everything into a positive today and seeing what the learning is for you?

JULY 5

THE EARTH

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.

RACHEL CARSON

Both wonder and humility take time. And, our wonder and humility toward the earth may take some time and focus, indeed.

We have taken the earth for granted for a long time. As a result, getting back to a consciousness in our relationship with the earth is not always easy. The problems of pollution, toxic waste, and unsafe and destroyed land seem so overwhelming that we just don’t know where to begin.

How about starting with ourselves?

What happens to a seed when it is put into the ground? It sprouts and grows. Can we hold a seed and make it grow? I think not. We can look at every weed and flower and see a miracle in progress. We can return to wonder. The earth holds so many wonders that even when we have some understanding of the processes (like how oil or diamonds are made) we can experience great wonder if we only let ourselves feel it.

With wonder comes humility. Ultimately the earth puts us in our place. The earth feeds, clothes, houses, and sustains us. That’s just a fact. We feel wonder and humility when we recognize and acknowledge this fact.

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