Human Nature 🍃

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Imperfections are natural. We are all a part of nature. Nature is beautiful.

Still, there is a very real, sometimes unpleasant and unattractive, uncultivated side of nature. It is quite the opposite of the aesthetically polished pictures that come to mind when someone mentions a waterfall cascading magically into a babbling brook.

Nature in its untouched glory isn't sanitized. It isn't deodorized. When nature is untouched it isn't perfectly trimmed and well manicured. It is RAW, PURE, and BEAUTIFUL. Quite opposite of the commercialized view of clean white beaches with clear blue waters.

Nature is serene yes, but is still so full of strength and passion. Nature produces scents that are sweet as well as scents that are awful and offensive.

We are all a part of nature just like the rippling creek. And just like nature, WE ARE A FINE BALANCE of beauty, delight, disgust, and bliss. There are many sides to us all🌺. It could be called a crime to expect us natural beings to just have one characteristic, one aspect, and one mode of being at ALL times.

WE ARE THE GOOD AND THE BAD. We are the highs and the lows. And that imperfect balance is what KEEPS US CONNECTED to each other, connected to Self, connected to Mother Earth, and connected to THE FATHER🌱.

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