Loving Mother Earth
This beautiful earth … it is breathtakingly gorgeous, unbelievably resilient, & yet so fragile. The wondrous creatures with whom we share our planet are fascinating, intelligent in ways we are just beginning to discover, & are to be cherished.
Just this week, I watched two fawns casually munching grass & leaves in my front yard & enjoyed hummingbirds at the feeder with their non-stop competition to rule the roost. The humidity has dropped & being outside in the shade is about heavenly, signaling that we are on the edge of a change of seasons. We had some much-needed rain, so I listened with my windows open to the breeze & the sound of the drops falling on the trees & ground. The cicadas at home have mostly stopped their song, as have the summer frogs. I wait eagerly for these to begin singing each spring so I can listen as I go to sleep each night. Thankfully, the crickets have a song to sing as well & they are still performing. Two young hawks have been circling overhead practicing their calls.
There was something going on with the Crepe Myrtles this year. Maybe you noticed it, too. They were fuller & richer & brighter than they usually are, with rows of them blooming together creating an ongoing show of pink that reached right out & grabbed my attention. I don’t know what I was talking or daydreaming about when they came into view. But, wow, did they stop everything else & demand my admiring gaze. Sometimes the rising moon catches me by surprise, which causes me to gasp &/or holler out. My husband enjoys the moon. He is less enamored with my hollering out that causes him to think something is about to run in front of our car or something is wrong. Once I explain & he has a second to recover, he is happy to drive around to find a good gazing spot.
Yes, it’s the smell of grass or wet, pine woods, the sounds of babbling water, & wind carrying a storm towards me. It is the layered long-distance mountain view & a sunrise on the horizon at the oceanfront. And, it is the way the wind feels on my skin & what it feels like to walk barefoot on the mossy earth. So, so many treasures to enjoy & behold. I love nature. I love living on this planet.
The Creator loves the earth more than I do. The Creator loves the earth more than the combined love of all people everywhere ever. Maybe that’s because the Designer takes great pride in how it all turned out. Our world is a window into the creative flair & genius, meticulous attention to detail, and communal nature of the Designer. It is shared with us, humankind, as a gift to treasure and a means of revealing the Source.
I want to be aware as I move through life, taking notice of beauty around me. I want to make decisions that represent my appreciation & care for the overwhelming gifts I enjoy. This will include getting outside so I nurture the relationship I have with nature, how I use resources, & from whom I purchase. It affects how I vote, because we need decision-makers to focus intensely on working stateside, as well as with every country & their leaders to reverse the processes & practices currently in place that are damaging this matrix of life.
The natural world is strained, weighted with the mistreatment that has been layered on over decades of ignorance & injury. Mother Earth needs our love, attention, gratitude, & yes, our vote. Show your love for her when you select leaders, by your deep gratitude, & in the ways you live & move through life.