Redbank Gorge was worth the short scramble, but I’m not as agile as I once was, although, in my head I’m still in my twenties 😀, but I’m definitely not fragile! As a child my parents took us on country walks. And my friends and I would sneak off for escapades in the surrounding countryside collecting tadpoles or frogs, chasing fish or floating leaves in streams. As I grew older it became more about nature as an interest in itself. And later still, I understood nature to be integral to my spirituality, something our whole family shares to some degree. Whether it is a serious trail hike or a simple bush walk I feel whole and nurtured in the bush, and I do anything to make it happen, agile or not. It’s not about the conquest or possession of nature, it’s about emersion and relationship.
Paul,
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Lovely picture. I like walks in the woods, but am slow; i meander.
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I’m known for stumbling, we’d make a unique team
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Exactly!
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Makes me want to hit the trails!!
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I get that 🙂
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It’s wonderful that you are out there with nature. 🙂
I used to climb a lot of rocks, fossil-hunting, but not so much now that i’m older; plus a lot of the quarries won’t let people in like they used to (due to liability issues, etc.).
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A kindred spirit, yes it is wonderful, currently planning another short bush trip.
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symbiotic … nature is the real cathedral!
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Yes!
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And to truly be immersed in the sense of the earth breathing, is to take a moment to stop, to hear all the living things in the place, even the rocks, with a voice as slow as eons.
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Yes, Darwin talked about the two different times, deep or long time and now or short time, but nature must only be viewed over long time, and yes, even the rocks.
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You might like my poem: https://atrailoftales.com/tales/#Spirit
(if it’s still there, of course)
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Thanks Cage, I will go and have a look this arvo 🙂
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I love that “it’s about emersion and relationship.”
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Yes, and thanks for picking up on that
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