Return

How lovely earth must have been before the appearance of the human being. Maybe God should have quit while She was ahead, skipping that final piece of work. But then, who would be aware of how lovely it all is? Who would offer it all back to the Creator in a breath of gratitude?

So after creating all the other species that do just about everything better than we do, God created one whose work was simply gratitude: to offer each scent of mint, sigh of evening pine, flash of eagles at sunrise, dew on violet petal, gaze of a friend, back to the Creator in an empty grail of pure Awareness.

Earth's healing does not begin with political protest, redistribution of wealth, green technology, or even a march for peace. These are effects, not causes. Earth's healing begins deep inside the heart, silently, gently, as a return to Wonder.