Earth Teach Me to Remember
Earth teach me stillness As the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach me suffering As old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me humility As blossoms are humble with beginning. Earth Teach me caring As the mother who secures her young. Earth teach me courage As the tree which stands alone. Earth teach me limitation As the ant which crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom As the eagle which soars in the sky. Earth teach me resignation As the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me regeneration As the seed which rises in the spring. Earth teach me to forget myself As melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me to remember kindness As dry fields weep in the rain. )0( There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world - its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace. That's all there is to it. ~Anne Rice