When you look at pictures of parks, forests, and wild rivers and streams, it seems that these wonderful places are getting quite beat up by the numbers of people using them, especially places close to highly populated areas like cities.
When I say “beat up”, I am talking about the garbage left behind, the beaten down grass and bushes where people are walking even though the big sign says, “Area under conservation. Please do not leave the path.” It seems that many people have no respect for the wild - the grasses, trees, animals, birds, etc.
It seems to me that people have forgotten how to walk softly on the Earth. People leave large footprints including garbage, trampled spots, and angry animals.
Walk softly upon the earth.
May its beauty forever surround you,
its wonders forever astound you.
May its wisdom delight you,
its music invite you
to dance and to play and to sing.
May you love and be loved by all that you meet;
may you know and practice compassion.
Rejoice in the earth and in all of creation.
Rejoice in life.
a parting blessing - alfred v. fedak - 2008
Written in memory of a departed friend.
Choral anthem published by Selah Publishing Company, Pittsburgh, PA.
Many blessings,
Judy
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Judy