I’m thinking about Nature, Day 63

It seems that anytime one wanders into the remotest of places that there is where they discover immeasurable beauty. Wild fields filled with flowers of every color existing together an un-duplicate-able tapestry of splendor; lush forests containing every age, every size, seemingly every type of tree, grand, mesmerizing, and far beyond mans ability to replicate; waterfalls and bustling wildlife, ascending and descending landscapes, stones, boulders, mountains, hills; all these we manipulate, attempt to duplicate, destroy and demolish, take for granted and forget completely at times. The world would appear to be at its best in the places furthest from us and only when we search out these places or stumble upon them do we have the privilege to partake of the world’s grandest beauty.

I wonder why we so selfishly try to harness and utilize nature (to the extent that it is unable to any longer make up for what we’ve stolen). I understand that what it has to offer is far beyond the simple beauty that the eye can see. But I’ve only to glance at the hours of “yard work” needing my tending to realize I’ve interfered with nature’s beauty. We try to make everything our own. We try to control and have and use everything that crosses our paths. We try and try and try and try (and take and take) and I dare say we fail more often than we do succeed.

I think we were meant to exist within, tend to, respect and enjoy this world we’ve been placed in and all the life it has to offer. I think we try too hard. I think we just need to open our eyes and breathe, open our hearts and see; I think we just need to stop trying and start living. Breathing, seeing, living; all of these I hope will consume the day which awaits me.

He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
Jer 10:12
He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
Jer 51:15

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