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People have not always been kind. The world has not always been kind. It has been some time since opening my eyes that morning and finding myself amidst the wildflowers with the sun on my face, the hot sticky breath of wild dogs against my cheek. It has been some time since those wounds have finally healed, settling into soft pink lines of remembrance of a time I can no longer recall. It has been some time since I flinched at human touch and have had it been warranted rather than the echo of past horrors. It has been some time. It has been some time alone, some time with only trees and dogs as companions, some time since someone else has made food for me; some time since my voice was used for something beyond a whistle, some time since there was a roof between mine eyes and the stars, some time since fire was a friend rather than a foe. Whatever darkness lay behind me, I found my rebirth amongst the trees, amongst the foliage, amongst the small chittering animals and the larger more foreboding ones who wish to be left alone. A new beginning, forging my fresh footing out from the encompassing wilderness, a staff to guide my feet, into the unknown - to learn to trust, to learn to thrive, to learn to...live. Yes, to live. Such an adventure. The wilderness that caressed me, that fed me, that nurtured me, that kept me safe and secure as my vulnerability lapsed, my heart healed, my mind soothed... What it provided, I reciprocated - fresh seeds to saplings to tiny budding trees, wildflowers spread from riverbank to riverbank to bring color and beauty to the land, the culling of dangerous predators as needed to spare the small and harmless creatures for another day... We are a part of the world around us, and so much as it provides we should, in kind, nurture and cultivate. We need one another, the wonderful wilds and ourselves, just as we need one another as a community. To walk in common cause... I know where I belong. The path of the wilderness calls me, and to it's service I commit myself and find my family. Tarryn | |