“I suppose that’s the way we humans are, thinking too much and listening too little. Paying attention acknowledges that we have something to learn from intelligences other than our own. Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop. The drop swells on the tip of a cedar and I catch it on my tongue like a blessing.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of my favorite books, my desert island book, a book I return to, often. This month I am beyond fortunate to go see Kimmerer teach, in person - a wish come true!!
Her thoughts and words are so timely now, as we are blindly racing toward environmental disaster. Kimmerer speaks of respect and reciprocity, for ourselves, our surroundings, our world and others.
I highly recommend this book to all!!!
happy reading & peace ~