Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day everyone!

To remind us to do the utmost we can to love our earth, I present you with this poem by David Wagoner entitled "Lost". It was shared by Oprah Winfrey in one of her webcasts for Eckhart Tolle's new book "A New Earth".

"Lost" by David Wagoner
(David Wagoner is an award-winning poet and novelist.)

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

From: Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems by David Wagoner. © 1999