To see a single dying leaf make its one and only dance down to meet the earth
Is to know that we are the universe witnessing itself
To marvel at a magpie in the lonely reaches of a tall tree
Is to recall how high, how wide, how deep
Is our capacity to love
To see the autumn canopy set ablaze by the morning sun
Only to notice that behind it, sets the pale half-moon,
Is to know that when we look deeper, we see further
To glance a bead of dew glistening on the head of a blade of grass
Is to see our souls reflected back in the wide universe
To enter into nature
To pay attention to her
Is to find that we belong
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