This planet we live on is such an intricately interesting
and breathtakingly beautiful place to live. The gorgeous mysteries of its high
and its low places, of both its hidden and its wide-open spaces. Mountains, canyons,
oceans, rivers, streams, meadows, beaches, trees, flowers, grass, all of its
ridiculously varied and fascinating creatures (some of which I am, admittedly,
still trying to make peace with) and its countless complex systems… It feeds
us! It creates the food, water and oxygen that keep us alive. How can we not
just stand in awe of this beautiful place we live and feel gratitude for all
that it offers us? How can we not want to give back to it, to be the caretakers
to it that we ought to be? Take a moment to stand in the sunshine; breathe in
the fresh air; walk barefoot in the grass; hug a tree (yep - do it!) – better yet,
plant one; actually stop and look at the flowers while smelling them; take a
hike; climb a mountain; swim in the ocean (unless you are also terrified of
deep, dark water – then join me, safely on land, at the Aquarium or in watching
Planet Earth) Seriously, this big, wide wonderful world we walk around on is
awe inspiring.
Today I am abundantly grateful for the Earth.
