Befriended: Nature Speaks

Will-o’-the-wasp?

A wasp got caught up
in a spider’s web outside my window.

‘I know exactly how you feel,’ I thought.

But then suddenly she broke free.

Effortlessly she hovered,
Her body pointing like an arrow.
“Follow me,” she seemed to say,
“This way is freedom.”


A Cloud’s Eye View

At the end of a violent storm in my area, I went outside to view the results. Overhead, the clouds were moving very fast.

“Does it hurt when the wind sends you tearing across the sky?” I asked.

I followed their progress from west to east with my eyes, and there I saw the rainbow.


Environ

Consider this: which is greater, the individual or the environment?
Although we may influence our environment, of which we are undoubtedly a part, I suspect its influence upon us is greater, especially in the long run.

But, look now: I am part of your environment; you are part of my environment. We are all part of each other’s environments. We are all individuals, and yet we are all environmental. We are all part of each other, and yet we are all apart from each other.