"As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else." -- Maya Angelou
Have you ever loved a place that isn't there anymore? Maybe you had an unkempt field made for exploring, or a patch of woods that was as familiar as your front door ... and then a fire, flood, or bulldozers wiped it away. Today, let's explore the loss of natural spaces and how we can give back in order to help heal the earth and our own personal cuts and bruises. Very often people will react to places that are burned or mined or somehow damaged, and it will trigger something in their own psyches that has been damaged and needs to be repaired, needs to be healed and they'll spend a lot of time on that. The coal mine, or the tree struck by lightning, issues an invitation to examine their own lives in a way that's very different from therapy, or reading a book, or thinking rationally.
Be The Change ...
Find a part of nature that may be scorched, scarred, or is no longer there. Remember why you loved this place and what made it beautiful, or just walk around and let your thoughts wander. Maybe you'll find some healing, or learn something along the way.
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