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With my feet grazing the prickly blades of grass and my limbs soaking in the midday sun, I wonder why we need a day to remind us to protect earth.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a new thought. I wonder this each and every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How did we get to a point where we need a day to protect our Mother.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She, the Great Mother of all of us.<\/p>\n

She who nourishes, nurtures, protects, heals and houses us.<\/p>\n

She who we each carry a slice of.<\/p>\n

When we talk about climate change action and sustainability and green living, I feel we miss the point.<\/p>\n

Those phrases sound like we\u2019re talking about something outside of us, which it is not.<\/p>\n

She is within us.<\/p>\n

We are cut from the same cloth.<\/p>\n

One of the same. A blend of earth, water, fire and air.<\/p>\n

What we do to Her, we do to ourselves.<\/p>\n

What we do to ourselves, we do to Her.<\/p>\n

So I bury my feet deeper into the patch of grass and say a prayer of sorts, also a blessing and a thank you.<\/p>\n

For my legs the tree trunks, my skin the bark.<\/p>\n

For my smile, an upside down rainbow.<\/p>\n

For my eyes, the pearliest of spring buds.<\/p>\n

For my voice, the wild echo of wind.<\/p>\n

For my juices, waves of salty sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For my womb, the nutrient-rich bed of soil.<\/p>\n

May today we remember the inextricable link between Mother Earth and us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

May today we remember our flesh is a mirror of Hers.<\/p>\n

May today we remember everyone we\u2019ve ever loved has been returned to Her as dust, as shall we.<\/p>\n

May today we come back to earth.<\/p>\n

Image: @carlwarnerofficial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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