Technology such as it is, it’s not difficult to be amazed by what we’ve accomplished as a people. Some of it awe-inspiring, some of it reprehensible, but all of it remarkable in terms of scale and imagination and determination and grit.
It’s easy to forget where the inspiration for such accomplishments originates. Easy to think we’re original in our inclination towards the magnificent.
I had the good fortune recently to be awe-struck by the natural world. To feel small. To understand just how foolish my impatience is. And to know that ours is but a transitory existence…and despite the havoc we wreak, we’re just another layer of bark, another aberrant ring in the otherwise beautifully concentric tree of life.
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What beautiful photos. Nothing like the Giant Forest to give us perspective on just about everything! I’m so happy you all went. Next year, Nova Scotia!
Much love,
Mom/Yaya xx
Yes moms…Nova Scotia is on the radar for sure.
I happened on this website through some philosophical quotes site, and I must say that you definitely read my mind. No matter what we do to this world or how powerful we may believe we are, we are not eternal. We will soon be gone, but the world will continue to turn.
Hi Keoni,
Let’s hope not too soon, eh? Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment. Cheers…