If you have no relationship with nature,
you have no relationship with humanity.
-- Krishnamurti
The landscape of one’s home is always
sacramental.
It molds our character. It’s the soil out of
which we grow.
It’s where we either encounter the divine
or we never make the connection.
-- Seamus Heaney
If we have a relationship
with nature, we do better in relationships with people because we realize that there are bigger truths than our own personal ones, and
we can learn from nature. Nature has a way of humbling us, and reminding us
that we’re not in control outdoors. In nature we become aware of a greater force
at work in the world.
