Our already fragile relationship with nature has taken a severe beating with the recent oil spills.
Our relationship with nature has been so downgraded that we no longer see the enormity of the problem.
We also have excessive whaling, a rampant increase in deforestation, losses of whole animal species and so much more.
Sometimes we have to see things in little bite sizes to make sense of them. The huge oil spills are too vast to comprehend. But the image of a pelican covered in oil speaks volumes.
I found a poem I had written some time ago that I called “Patterns in the Sand.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: deforestation, nature was improved upon, oil spill, our relationship with nature, patterns in the sand, pelican covered in oil, yellow finches
Have you ever taken a close look at the patterns in a butterfly’s wings?
Have you ever noticed how the intricate veins of a leaf appear to mirror the structure of the whole tree?
There are myriads of patterns in nature that are continuously unfolding but they mostly play out to an unobservant audience
Many years ago, people used to be aware of these details and were more in tune with nature than we are today. Sadly, we have lost our connection with nature and we can no longer read the signs.
Only when we get a rude awakening once in a while, do we start to pay the slightest attention to nature’s messages. But we ignore them at our peril.
The recent oil spill in the gulf is just one example of the damage that can be done when we don’t take note of the bigger pattern.
And then from an unlikely source we get a strange reminder of the mysteries of nature and something seems to resonate within us. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: celestial music, mysteries of nature, our relationship with nature, patterns in nature, patterns in the sand
Knowing how to listen is an art.
I don’t mean listening as in “obey.” I mean listening as in the best part of “hear.”
When last did you really listen with concentration to what your mate was talking about? In fact, when last did anyone really listen to you?
See what I mean?
The world is such a frenetic place today with all its distractions that in pure self- defense we have switched off our ability to hear.
We all have so much noise going on in our lives that we no longer have the inclination to really listen. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: body language, how to listen, keep your man, real listening
Relationship World is obviously all about relationships – and this includes animal relationships of all kinds. So here is a heartwarming story that I received from a friend about an amazing animal relationship. I don’t know the origin of this story but I was so taken with it that I thought you would like to see it too.
A True Story.
In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had quite clearly been abused.
In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a female greyhound, to the Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, which is run by a man named Geoff Grewcock, and known as a haven for animals abandoned, orphaned, or otherwise in need. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: abandoned animals, Animal Relationships, animal sanctuary, female greyhound, heartwarming story, Jasmine the greyhound
