Nature...US

Do you ever wonder about our constant and continuous connection to nature?

Yesterday here in the East it was a hot and humid day. Temperatures were in the nineties with a high humidity that makes the warm seem warmer. Florida understands it, but you folks in the dry desert southwest don’t get the same humid warmth as we do here in the northeast and in the southeast states.

There is a knowing connection to the magnificence of nature in warmth, in cold, in wind, and in the calm of a pleasant day. All we have to do is acknowledge it for a simpatico relationship to embrace our spirit.

We are attuned to nature, because we are nature ourselves. We use the gifts of nature to enhance our well being and comfort, our enjoyment and sensory appreciation of just about everything.

Music is one, as are other artistic creations inspired by an experience with and in nature. What would a classic violin composition be without the resonance of curly maple and spruce to amplify the string vibrations of a skilled musician? What would an evening be without chrickets and peepers or the early morn be without the tuneful melody of the feathered ones?

Nature is not just outdoors or within the self. It is everywhere.

I sat at my kitchen counter and looked closely at the granite top. Is this not nature at its best connection? The granite came from deep within the earth, was mined and polished and then usefully formed into a counter in my kitchen. I took a moment to touch the countertop in respect and appreciation for its intrinsic beauty and form and usefulness.

I then looked outside the kitchen windows to a flowing curtain of green. A plethora of verdant leafs festooning the branches of Oak, Maple, Birch, Pine, Spruce and the many attendant lower floras that fill in the constant changing palate of what we called shrubs and ground cover. I was overwhelmed with appreciation. No wonder green is the healing color.

I watched the sunset through the windows and the slow dark claim the space of sky that was the canvas of the light. I realized once again that light is the power, the grace, the spirit of balance for all things and creatures. Night too has its place, but no power. Night holds the moonlight and the starlight in reverence to remind us that the morning light is only moments away.

We are ONE you and I. We are the nature we abuse and love.