“In his poem, There Was a Child Went Forth, part of the Autumn Rivulets cycle, Walt Whitman describes the things that a child sees in his daily wanderings – the shadows, the field-sprouts, the wharves and the ferries, the clouds and the apple trees, the workers, and the families both kind and cruel.
He closes with a startling image: “These became part of the child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.â€
Are you like that child who never stops adventuring? What is becoming part of that child within you? Are you incorporating shadows and field-sprouts, workers and wharves – or malls and plastics, televisions and technologies? Today is your chance to let nature become part of you.â€
From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson
