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| This photo really has nothing to do with this post, except to show the slow, transforming power of Nature, as the ocean carves these 'sea stacks' at Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park |
As I
posted (below) my thoughts about trees falling I reflect on how incredibly boring this
topic, and no doubt many of my posts, would be to the majority of people in our
urban, fast paced society. A whole blog entry on trees falling down!
Get a life lady! My blog certainly does not follow the 'rules' for keeping a blog
interesting - clever, fast paced, contemporary. There are of course
wonderful blogs full of philosophical, even spiritual sentiment and positive
guidance. I hint at such in some of my posts.
Perhaps
my slow blog, (should I start a 'slow blog' movement?), moving at the pace
Nature often moves here in the Northwest (think slugs, snails, big trees,
mountains, though some of them move quite speedily when erupting!) might slow
down a few readers. If I put people to sleep that would be a great service as
insomnia reaches epidemic status!
If slow
is not your thing, think about this, in Nature life forms which go, or grow,
slow - giant tortoises, elephants, Redwoods, Spruce, even our Douglas Firs - will
outlive us, and most everything else. Obviously not all in Nature is slow
- gazelles, waterfalls, bamboo, move or grow quite accelerated! But we're
talking slow here.
To
create what we want requires focus and intent. In order to eliminate something in our personal lives or as a society we need to turn our attention, thus our energy,
away from it. Our energy, or life force, is designed to nurture and
create. Continually staying focused on, and pushing against, what we want to bring an end to nurtures it. Seems counter productive
doesn't it? Right now in the world many well intended and energized people are not creating the future, but are engaging, and thus buttressing, the status quo.
Psychologists,
philosophers and spiritualist alike have expounded upon this truth. It has come
down through time. I humbly subscribe to it, having seen it work in both
the grand scheme and my own little life.
So I offer up small, anecdotal reflections and stories about Nature,
for it is my simple but steady way of staying focused on what I believe is a
powerful antidote to the stress and troubles we all face. Reconnecting to the
slow, healing power of Nature, drawing from it substance to nurture and create our future as individuals and as a society shows wisdom. Nature offers us
lightness and teaches us humbleness, it shows us when to slow down like a tortoise, when to take action like a gazelle. We must first slow down to allow ourselves to be in its presence.
Are you
falling asleep yet? Good-night!
