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What if the way we work and think when we transplant a seedling, tuber or tree into the ground changes?

November 22, 2016

Gary-Paul-Nabhan-1-85x85What if the very way we work & think when we transplant a seedling, tuber or tree into the ground changes… the way we respond to the world, washing away anxiety and enlivening our own lives with others? What if that healing act heals us?

Recovering our palpable sense of the inherent richness & sacredness of the world then becomes something that is not out of sight, but within our grasp.

Brother Coyote, OEF

 

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