Rachel George Annie Dillards Pilgrimage A Tinker Creek

 Annie Dillards Pilgrimage A Tinker Creek

This is another one of my favorite readings from class. I purchased this book because I enjoyed it so much. This reading reminded me again how extraordinary aspects of life are happening everywhere around me. If I simply pay attention and open my eyes, there are lessons to be learned by the natural world. I keep this in mind on every wilderness adventure I go on these days, and I try to keep my eyes open so I catch the small pieces of magic, whether it's a spider spinning a beautiful web and seeing the dew twink and shine across it in the early morning. Or the way huge flocks of starling birds coat the sky, shifting directions while moving in perfect sync with one another. 

Nature is always a way to connect to an essence more significant than me or A way to be a part of tremendous energy or spirit in all living things. Some call that God. I don't have a name for it... I know it as something I feel. Every living thing on this spinning rock is on a journey, and these paths constantly collide with the other. Magic is continuously happening. One has only to slow down and pay attention. 


What business do i have walking in the woods if I'm not truly walking there  and being present with the life surrounding me 

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