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Having arrived at my chosen tree I retraced my steps of the day carefully to see what I may have done differently, but nothing fell out of routine to illuminate the mystery. I chose my spot with care settling in for my nap. It was a long day after my first ritual and I needed to recharge and let my anxiety find an outlet outside of my skull so the day seemed to be calling for a nap under a tree and I heeded the call. I chose one of the first tree's on Gogoon that I was able to harvest a coconut from, reflecting on how it had saved me in that time without ever knowing its gift was taken well. I always find myself at peace in nature, and today was no exception but I felt compelled to close off the whispers of the world and in doing so found a melody in the natural sounds I had seemingly missed. The birds of Gogoon are typically more reclusive and on this day I found them chirping seemingly without a care. I was surprised at first but began to realize I had begun hearing them as soon as I left the wall of the city and began reveling in nature. Sleep fast approaching I thought to myself about the path I travelled and where I took care to avoid trampling nature and wondered if somehow nature had started to recognize my consideration. Normally I am open to the whispers of the kingdom, but on this day I had shut myself off to them before leaving town and the more of my routine lined up the more it stood out as something I did differently. Perhaps there was wisdom to be gained from closing myself off to things outside of the natural world from time to time? Recalling I passed the den of the Bee's that can claim any livestock who wanders too far without much incident, or coconut to harvest either. The birds chirp had already begun and was building wonderfully in playful whimsy I just had not clued in to it quite yet along my journey but in hindsight recall it clearly. Following the path roughly here allowed me several coconut tree's to harvest from along the way as I often to, but today not many to be found. Normally a bit of a disappointment, today I found myself wondering more and more what the birds had already picked up on as their songs began to reach my ears more consciously. Turning north to begin winding back towards the villages upper wall with several more tree's checked and still nothing to show for it even I tuned in to how at ease I still was enjoying the natural wonders all around. Thankfully it was a straight shot from here until turning off towards my chosen nap destination with a few more tree's to check, one finally yielding the days first coconut. A snack for later perhaps, or finally claiming the next fan of the set I pondered noticing the normally timid wildlife on gogoon was uncharacteristically relaxed today as well. Maybe Awen had something to reveal in that curiosity. I was considering this as I reached my point to journey south back towards the village finally and spotted two more coconuts right at the turn making for quite a productive walk already before the nap even began. This was when I realized, almost at my tree of choice by this point, the delightful melody that was gracing the day so far had been following me. I could not hear the chorus off in the distance where it had been when I started the journey, yet it was booming around me now. My first thought was what trick of nature had been played on me, but it seems more likely I am the one impacting the nature around me and thankfully for the positive. Exploring this connection would prove to be a whole new journey, but fortunately one for another day as I arrived at the tree to sleep to see a final coconut blessing my journey. Not just a single coconut on this fine day, but three that struck me dumb with their resemblance to the symbol of Awen.I ended my journey with three coconuts choosing to leave the trio to bless another on their way to the groves just ahead simply astounded I could have such a wonderous connection to nature as I fell asleep. | |