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Connect To Earth Reground Rebound: Free Verse

I trod,
barefoot,
 to connect to Earth,
Feel her energy,
Heal
and be healed.
Then, Western medicine
Told me not to,
So I stopped.
My energy
And mind
And soul
And body
Got confused,
Out of synch,
Out of harmony.
I felt ill.
Now I’m back,
Feet firmly rooted again,
Feeling connected
and at peace.
When God
and Nature
and Mother Earth
speak to you,
Pay attention
And keep going.
Don’t you think
Father and Mother know best?

Sitting In The Woods More Deeply: Verbal Riff Epilogue

A little while after I wrote the first Sitting In Nature riff, I came up with these additional thoughts about Nature observation.

I work in the field and the woods, pruning, planting, watering. On occasion, I sit deep in the woods to rest.

As I sit, even when I have intention to rest, to connect with Nature, my phone immediately comes out and I read texts, emails, the news, social media.

So if I’m deep in the woods, but still looking at my electronic devices, what am I connecting to? Nature? Am I hearing the message that she’s trying to send me?

Not really.

Maybe I should take a notepad and pen and write down my notes and my notes, and leave the world of Man behind. Maybe I should turn off the worldly, and connect to a higher power, a deeper message, a sweeter song. Only then can I be healed. Only then can I be rejuvenated through the magic elixir, that elixir which Nature and the Creator alone know how to brew and how to serve.

Focus On The Fields, Not Flocks

Focus on the fields,
on healing the property,
on hearing and
connecting to the Earth,
whether traveling
or rooted at home.

Focus on the land.
Listen to her.
Nurture
and gather
plants
and wisdom.
Hunt for sustenance
and truths.

The flocks will come
in time,
but their time
is not yet.

Heal the land,
be healed by her,
and share.
Your flocks will grow.