We Should Appreciate the Winter Solstice

We have become too wise in our own conceits if ever we let a winter solstice go by without a glance upward to rejoice that the sun will sink no lower in the darkening sky . .. We walk too hurriedly if ever we pass the season’s first pasqueflower by, too busy to let its meeting stay us for a quiet moment before this token of the covenant of life to continue in beauty despite the storm.

Notes:

It's a shame if we do not at least glance up at the sky to appreciate the fact that the days will be getting longer.

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 Nature, Value, Duty: Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III (The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics)
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Rolston III, Holmes (2010-11-29), Nature, Value, Duty: Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III (The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics), Springer, Retrieved on 2011-06-10
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01 JAN 2010

 The Wonder is All Around You

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