into the heart

 


The center for humans and nature is a wellspring of ideas for cultivating kinship.

There are articles, books and even a few podcasts on their new website.

This recent read resonates with what is humming in me at present:

Out of the head into the heart

 




lost

 


Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you 

Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,

And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,

Must ask permission to know it and be known.

The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,

I have made this place around you.

If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.

No two trees are the same to Raven.

No two branches are the same to Wren.

If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,

You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows 

Where you are. You must let it find you.


Lost by David Wagoner