There is a longing deep inside us that nothing in this world can satisfy. We spend years, perhaps lifetimes, pursuing our desires but it persists. Some call it a “hunger” or a “thirst” of the soul, but no food or drink will ever satisfy this hunger or quench this thirst. Only “soul experiences” will do this. The opportunities for these experiences are around us in nature every day, but what is it that is so fulfilling about them?
Nature so often moves us out of our everyday world into a momentary state of joy. How hard it is to describe or explain it! Something as simple as the morning sun burning through the mist in a canyon transports us. And where do we go? Our thoughts are suspended by the beauty and we are given a glimpse of something we can only experience in stillness. These are portals to joy that stay open longer as we learn to recognize them.
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