resilience

Trees are an invitation to think about time and to travel in it the way they do, by standing still and reaching out and down.

We live in a moment of grace. Through the hedges of our divisions we are beginning to glimpse again the beauty of life's oneness. We are beginning to hear...the essential harmony that lies at the heart of the universe. And we are beginning to understand...that we will be well to the extent that we move back into relationship with one another, whether as individuals and families or as nations and species. The time is right. The time is desperately right.

The Burren is an extraordinary—and strange—place. Miles and miles of hills are covered in limestone, like the paving of some old gods...Here, wildflowers grow, sheep pick their way through, grasses wave, and stone walls are built by locals...To be in the Burren is to bear witness to the unexpected ways that the particularity of place opens you to the world.

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery,
but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

The conclusion is always the same:
love is the most powerful
and still the most unknown
energy of the world.