The Peace of Wild ThingsWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind starswaiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.Wendell Berry
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The peace of wild things is the peace of the universe. It’s the peace that comes with knowing you are in harmony with everything around you. That’s what makes us feel safe and secure.
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