THE NATURE OF THINGS
6/21/08
Nature is absolutely remarkable. It is understandable and predictable, mysterious and chaotic. It is the beginning and end of everything physical. It is beauty and horror , majesty and mayhem, misery and magnificence, simplicity and complexity, soft and hard, sweet and bitter, whole and hollow.
If I plant a seed in the ground I expect it to grow. If I nuture a plant or tree I expect it to flourish and blossom . But some times terrible things happen and things die by preditor or storm. Different outcomes are caused by accident or neglect. Some times things die from disease, fire, flood, or harsh winds. Things die from age or their season ends. I may have overstated the complexity of Nature by my inability to convey in words Nature’s simplicity. Nature is predictable even in it’s most violitle forms. Nature is constantly evolving , creating, recreating, giving birth and dying . Nature is change, and change is always expected of Nature.
I often view change as an inconvenience, and at times a burden, yet I also look forward to the change of seasons, weather, new flowers, new life, new colors, new temperatures, new ideas, new clothes, new purchases, new people and new events. I realize I am a creation of Nature, and to understand myself and the reason for my existence I must follow the seasons and the changes of Nature . I accept confusion, anger, joy, and sadness, as all parts of Nature, and what I do for or against Nature I do to myself.
L.A. STEEL
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