"Many of us in this time have lost the inner substance of our lives and forgotten to give praise and remember the sacredness of all life.
But in spite of this forgetting, there is still a part of us that is deep and intimate with the world.
We remember it by feel.
We experience it as a murmur in the night, a longing and restlessness that we can't name, a yearning that tugs at us.
For it is only recently, in earth time, that the severings of the connections between people and land have taken place.
Something in our human blood is still searching for it, still listening, still remembering. Nicaraguan poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal wrote, ' We have always wanted something beyond what we wanted.'
I have loved those words, how they speak to the longing place inside us that seeks to be whole and connected to the earth.
This too is the place of beginning, the source of our living."
- Linda Hogan (Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World)
Splendid picture!
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Oh, wow --this took my breath away. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeletebeautiful way to start the day!
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ReplyDeleteLove the light in this! Such an amazing glow!
ReplyDeletethat is a stunning shot
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Dear Heart.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo, meaningful words... wonderful post!
ReplyDeleteEerily similar to my front yard... gorgeous light and image.
ReplyDeletePowerful words...and this photograph is soul soothing xo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post! Fabulous photo :)
ReplyDeleteI guess all the asphalt and concrete in our cities make it hard to connect to the paved over earth. Then we should look upward like in your photo.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm tethered to earth . . . it call to me every morning. Beautiful words and gorgeous photo!
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo and passage. This really touched me. I feel that restlessness.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous morning shot of the sky.
ReplyDeleteJudith
Gorgeous photo and lovely thoughts.
ReplyDeleteWow this is just gorgeous!!!
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