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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.



Monday, May 16, 2016

Monday Musings POEM: “On the Shady Side”

TEALarbor stories’ Monday Musings are quotes, poems, & practices offering simple ways to explore the ecotone of the inner/outer landscape. 


I lived on the shady side of the road and watched my neighbours’
 gardens across the way reveling in the sunshine.
 
I felt I was poor, and from door to door went with my hunger.

The more they gave me from their careless abundance
 the more I became aware of my beggar’s bowl.

Til one morning I awoke from my sleep at the sudden opening of my door,
 and you came and asked for alms.

In despair I broke the lid of my chest open and 
was startled into finding my own wealth.


Rabindranath Tagore


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