Here’s a great article by Caroline Myss, that reinforces the Nature Teachers philosophy so beautifully. If we all just stepped back for a moment and watched the natural world do its thing, you’d be amazed at how so many answers arrive at our question’s doorsteps. Whether it’s watching a bird building a nest, or a rock being solidly counterpoint to the pounding waves surrounding it, there is something of us within it all. Take a moment and you’ll see it too…
Building nests instead of walls.
I spent yesterday afternoon wondering when the seasons were going to change. The weather is so cold and spring is so late. Floods are penetrating the home areas of many people along the Mississippi. I cannot help but think how I would feel if I had been given the message to pack up my home, because in four days, it would be underwater. My God, how my heart hurts for these people. If ever you needed a reason to pray for the people you will never meet, you have it now.
While wondering about these global events, I noticed a bird beginning to build a nest on the lattice work that frames my porch. If I stand up, I can easily touch her nest. I never watched a bird build a nest from start to finish. I could not stop watching this unbelievable, exquisite, determined, strategic task. With each flight, she brought back a twig, a leaf, or something else, and wove it into her growing nest. Rarely have I sat in such stillness so effortlessly, as I did not want to disturb her.
I could never build such a nest, something so solid that it would withstand all the upcoming storms of the summer and the Midwestern winds. How is it that these small creatures know how to perform their tasks so perfectly? And how is it that we don’t?
What is it about our nature that makes us stray from our essential center point—the task at hand? I wonder…
I hope you enjoyed this article by Caroline Myss as much as I did.
