Magic, Mystery, and Sacred Moments
Jarod K Anderson - Jul 30
Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
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Jarod K Anderson
Jul 28
I can't understand the sky the way a vulture does. I can't know what a pond is the way a musk turtle knows. I will never comprehend a tree as a footpath like a squirrel can. But I will sense the presence of these unknowable perspectives like the sun on my face and I am grateful.
Honor or create rituals that recur—annually, seasonally, weekly, or even daily. They might be ancient and religious in origin (e.g., honoring the Sabbath or Lent—a time for both selective privation and community), astronomical (e.g., recognizing and celebrating the solstices and equinoxes), or entirely new with you and yours.
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Talk to the birds, trees, rocks – as if they were neighbours or friends. The world around you will suddenly become more alive.
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Apr 7
Nurturing something is key to staying friends with life.
There are worthy things in this world that need your power and attention. You can't give it to all of them. But you can listen when something in you whispers, "this one."
Apr 7
Nurturing something is key to staying friends with life.
There are worthy things in this world that need your power and attention. You can't give it to all of them. But you can listen when something in you whispers, "this one."
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Jarod K Anderson
Jul 1
Learning a handful of bird songs is a way to gift your future with countless familiar voices among the trees, a chance to feel the sudden warmth of recognition each time you walk beneath the sky.
Jul 1
Learning a handful of bird songs is a way to gift your future with countless familiar voices among the trees, a chance to feel the sudden warmth of recognition each time you walk beneath the sky.
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When life is full of such things, made with care, connected by a web of stories to people and places we know, it is a rich life, a nourishing life.