We are sisters and brothers to the wind and rain. The stars in the night sky, the leaves on trees, all birds, flowers, cats, dogs and butterflies are our relations.
~ Christopher Chase
Vibrant Flowers – photo by Ange DiBenedetto
The present urgency is to begin thinking within the context of the whole planet, the integral earth community with all its human and other-than-human components.
~ Thomas Berry
Tropical Islands, Ang Thong National Marine Park, Thailand – photo by Gladkov, bigstockphoto.com
Reciprocity is rooted in the understanding that we are not alone, that the Earth is populated by non-human persons, wise and inventive beings deserving of our respect.
We are surrounded by teachers and mentors who come dressed in foliage, fur, and feathers. There is comfort in their presence and guidance in their lessons.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
Leopard Sleeping in Deep Forest – photo by NejroN Photo, bigstockphoto.com
…May we re-imagine Earth as a living being. Please, may we know once again that Spirit fills the land, that the land is sacred. May we conjure a future in which our relationship with the Earth and her creatures is once again celebrated in stories and honored in ceremonies. May we affectionately attend to the voices of our own inner wildness as we fiercely tend the outer wildness around us to which we belong. That we, that she, might never be lonely again.
~ Betty Lou Chaika
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada – photo by Andrushko Galyna, bigstockphoto.com
People who believe that everything is fundamentally one differ in crucial ways from those who do not. In general, those who hold a belief in oneness have a more inclusive identity that reflects their sense of connection with other people, nonhuman animals, and aspects of nature that are all thought to be part of the same “one thing.”
~ Scott Barry Kaufman
Bright Full Moon in Wilderness Area – photo by kdshutterman, bigstockphoto.com
Everything around you is alive: believe it. Tell stories to stones, sing to trees, start conversations with birds. Build relationships. You’ll never be lonely again.
~ Sharon Blackie
Cape Starling, Kruger National Park, South Africa – photo by bennymarty, bigstockphoto.com
Outside my window
Two tall witch elms
Toss their inspired
Green heads in the sun
And lean together
Whispering.
Trees make the world
A proper place.
~ Robert Nye
Forest in Belgium with Buebells – photo by Nik_Sorokin, bigstockphoto.com
May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.
~ Chief Dan George
Navajo Arch, Arches National Park, UT – photo by Andriy Maygutyak, bigstockphoto.com
Life is a gift that is given and will be taken. How we choose to spend our time here is our gift to life. It is our way of saying “thank you life” for the gift.
~ Imuetinyan Ugiagbe
Sunrise, Crimea – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
You are not a passive observer in the cosmos. The entire universe is expressing itself through you at this very minute.
~ Deepak Chopra
Milky Way from Himalayan Mountains, Nepal – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
That moment of inward breath, that pause and awareness of “how beautiful this is” is a prayer of appreciation, a moment of gratitude in which I behold beauty and am one with it.
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen
Lotus Blossom – photo by Ange DiBenedetto
We are not just a skin-encapsulated ego, a soul encased in flesh. We are each other and we are the world.
~ Charles Eisenstein
Maldives – photo by Czamfir, bigstockphoto.com
Recognizing that plants, for instance, have consciousness, or that their simple presence in our environment has healing effects, reintroduces an element of wonder and mystery back into the experience of the natural world.
~ Sayer Ji
Primeval Green Forest – photo by vsarts, bigstockphoto.com
Each one of us, I believe, is a gift the earth is giving to itself now, a unique gift. … You don’t need to be extraordinary. If the world is to be healed through human effort, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web of life that called us into being, and who can rest in the vitality of that larger body.
~ Joanna Macy
Mountain River Sunrise, British Columbia, Canada – photo by TNPhoto, bigstockphoto.com
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.
~ John Muir
Red Fox in Forest – photo by fotosebek, bigstockphoto.com
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