Living In The Woods

When our home is in the woods, we gain a deep intimacy and reverence for her. She provides everything we need to survive and live. While in the woods you are always looking, observing, listening, smelling and tasting. You find that you are always looking for the best firewood, you develop a close relationship with all life around you, in the plants, and the trees. You learn what animals live with you, their habits, behaviors and the signs they leave. You are always looking for clean sources of water to drink, you become in tune with all that is around you. The trees become your friends because they can provide you with so many things such as fire wood, food, medicinal medicines, resources for clothing and for shelter. Every tree can provide a gift of life once you know them and respect them. You always find you have your head down looking for nature’s gems, the plant life that can provide food and medicines and for the shear beauty they provide for the eyes and senses. The woods provide so much and ask for so little, she just wants a little respect. We have so much beauty and wonder all around us, but very few can see it. We have lost our ability to truly connect in a deep and profound way to the land, the sky, the oceans, lakes and rivers, to the animals, trees and plant life. In modern day life we cannot even comprehend looking back to the places our ancestors once lived—to live a simple life in the woods and going home. Nature is truly our home, and not living in the synthetic world we believe we belong.