You are nature. I mean that with all kindness and compassion. But I also mean it very, very earnestly.
Sometimes we forget that…
every breath.
every hunger-pang-nourished-with-a-bite.
every cozy-ensconcing-in-our-warm-homes.
…is a step back into true memory.
We are nature. We cannot exist without it. We cannot deny it. We are still and abidingly nature.
This year for Earth Day (April 22nd), what at-least-small effort can you make to honor the good memory of your fleshy.skinned.salty-ocean-tears.skeleton and undeniable nature, the fullness of who we are as humans?
skip the shower, or turn off the water while soaping up, or cut the length of it
write a love letter, or poem, or story, or reverie about nature, a tree, oceans, mud pies
eat only vegetables or avoid processed foods
buy nothing at all for a day or a week
plant a sapling
write an email to local politicians about an environmental issue of concern
eat dinner by candlelight
make a resolution (committed practice) on behalf of Earth
contribute cash to, or volunteer with, or make phone calls on behalf of a local nature org
pick up garbage outdoors
create something beautiful with found objects
listen to birdsong
watch the sunrise or sunset
learn what “environmental justice” means
meditate with your breath as the touchstone, or pray
make a gratitude list on the back side of a used envelope
use a handkerchief instead of a paper tissue
take a photograph of something pretty or disturbing in the natural world
sit on the grass, in the crook of a limb, in the broad sunlight, on a river rock and allow total relaxation to be the salve that heals something within you
There are infinite ways to celebrate your nature. How will you do so today, and on Earth Day?
Better yet, how will you do so every day?
