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
Folksonomies: naturalism Memes
10 JUN 2011
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.
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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.
