EarthLove

Sharing Songs of Earth and Sky

Sacred Community

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The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees, – all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related.

~Thomas Berry

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Image: Artist unknown

Gratitude

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Spiral Speak by Sam Brown

“Every flower, forest, river, cloud, child, friend, foe and family member is rare and unique. If we slow our thoughts down (and are mindful) then every moment offers an opportunity to connect deeply with this miracle of LiFE, to experience love, joy and gratitude for just BEING here, right now, on our beautiful blue planet”

~Christopher Chase

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Lost

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Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
are not lost. Where 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.

–David Wagoner,
Collected Poems, 1976

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image: Wheelhouse
by NancyL

A Sacred Bond

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“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”

~Robin Wall Kimmerer,
Braiding Sweetgrass

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NASA Image of Mama Earth
taken by Apollo 11