Life narrated by nature

In the world I imagine, we people understand we're just a small part of life on this planet, taking only what we need instead of all we can get, giving all we can so other species of flora and fauna can survive. Because in truth, we are connected to the extent that our very lives depend on one another.

I walk under the tree canopy, in open meadows or along streams, listening to birds and insects and coyotes and the wind and sometimes the quiet, smelling green, dirt, rocks, the ocean, the deer that bedded down in the leaves the night before — and I feel happy and so lucky to be here. This is how I survive the news of the day. It’s what I need, and what we all need: to open our arms to the Earth’s wonders, to wrap our hearts around the solace it offers, treading gingerly, paying attention, with gratitude.

Nature is worth saving. It is worth our energy, our money, our time, our courage.