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Gary Spangler's avatar

Sounds like you enjoyed a fine time! The stream in the picture is itself a contradiction. What appears as a flow of clear water emanates from a swamp. Our minds might conjure up stagnant, foul-smelling water. Muck hardly suggests clear water. Rotting trees, perhaps even croaked critters, doesn’t help. But Nature’s patient pace allows for precipitation of sediment, oxygenation to allow decomposition, and filtration as the water makes its way to the stream bed.

As is the case for me, lack of information leads to unsupported assumptions and conclusions. That segues nicely with your question, Gail, if humans are part of nature. Have we lost our connections with the earth? Sleeping in light-filled cities wrecks our circadian rhythms. Awareness of wildlife is harder to come by today than it’s ever been. Perhaps we are apart from Nature?

Please visit more places of natural wonder! Pretty please! I think we’d all benefit. But hurry before the black flies arrive! 😱 CURE!

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Billie Short's avatar

I love that I learned a new word today! How fun. Also, humans are walking, talking contradictions. With 60,000 thoughts swirling in our minds every day, many (most) probably contradict one another. What a beautiful mess we are.💕

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