My family wasn't very religious when I was young. I went to Sunday school a few times, because it was more like free daycare than an education in religion. In my teens I came to the conclusion that I never feel closer to god than I do in the outdoors. I could never really explain it and then I started reading books written by John Muir. His words really spoke to me and I think he explained in his words what I never could.
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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."
— John Muir
— John Muir
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"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
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"Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. "
— John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
— John Muir
The last quote is great because it can be related to so many things. I like to relate it to fishing.
— John Muir
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— John Muir
The last quote is great because it can be related to so many things. I like to relate it to fishing.
thos are some great quotes, are all those pics in the nc bc the one with the pond looks like the rockies
ReplyDeleteCreek, the one you're talking about is just outside of Bishop, CA. It's called North Lake. It's in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Coincidentally near the John Muir Wilderness trail.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great post. I couldn't have said it any better myself. Nothing more important than being one with nature. Great Quotes from a great mind. Thanks. Tight Lines.
ReplyDeletegood post kev!
ReplyDeleteI too feel a deep connection with God when I am outside in His creation. It is hard to explain and I feel like a hippie. I am picking up some of John Muir's writings. He seems to get it.
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