Climb the Mountains!

Climb the mountains

and get their good tidings,

Nature’s peace will flow into you

as sunshine flows into trees.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you

and the storms their energy,

while cares drop off like autumn leaves.

~John Muir

The Natural Gardens

I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan. ~Zitkala-Sa