The Smell of Love

I am trying something new. I have been wanting to return to podcasting after some time away. So I am offering my musings in both podcast and written form. You can listen. You can read, You can listen and read! Enjoy!

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I am trying something new. I have been wanting to return to podcasting after some time away. So I am offering my musings in both podcast and written form. You can listen. You can read. You can listen and read! Enjoy!

“There are days which occur in this climate at almost every season of the year, wherein the world reaches perfection, when the air, the heavenly bodies and the earth, make a harmony, as if nature would indulge her offspring.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was outside this morning when I was hit with such a nostalgic smell. There is a particular smell in the Sonoran desert that is caused by the creosote releasing its heavenly aroma when the rain falls. We’ve had a good soaking for the last 24 hours and the creosote didn’t disappoint.

It was a great reminder for me to never take any aspect of nature for granted. We live in a magnificent world. I need to get out and be reminded of that sometimes, though.

Why do I need the reminder? Well… this mistaken understanding of life takes over sometimes. Life has been mislabeled in some ways as a necessary struggle that keeps us away from frivolous things like getting back to nature. Well the struggle is not necessary, and getting back to nature isn’t frivolous.

Part of connecting to the inherent truth of being… that is, “we are God”… is to remember that there is nothing that isn’t God. All nature is God and it is worth it to return to the nature of our being, by being in nature.

So today’s practice is to find a way to get back to nature. It doesn’t have to be your whole day, but find 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes… an hour or more if you desire, to focus on the magnificence of nature. And do that in nature!

Life abounds, and you are a part of it!