The land knows you, even when you are lost
In times of uncertainty, seek the Wild
Search the rolling hills, the craggy peaks, the blistering desert for guidance

There are lessons if we remember how to listen
Wisdom embedded in sunbaked stone
In thick bark of sentinel Sequoia
In ferns unfurling through ash,
In lush wildfire aftermath
In swollen mountain runoff streams
In twilight screech of owl
In ecological balance of all species

The land knows you
Knows your ancestors
Knows your lineage and all that’s come before
Knows your power and your insignificance
Knows your place in context of the greater web of all life
In context of all that is and all that’s ever been

An omnipresent witness
To endless cycles of evolution and extinction,
Creation and cataclysm,
Growth and entropy,
The primordial ebb and flow of everything

When in doubt, sit under a tree
Lean back, watch branches sway in gusting wind,
Watch leaves dance to forest floor

The only thing truly lost is our connection