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Stephanie Raffelock's avatar

Nature and gratitude -- you're speaking my love language, Susan. And so beautifully, too. Thank you for a lovely morning read.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Thank you for reading the post and for such a beautiful compliment, Stephanie! You lifted my morning.

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Mya Dexter's avatar

Stunning, I especially liked the poem at the start, such a beautiful image, thank you.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Thank you! That's my photo from my dawn walk along the ridge above where I live, and the haiku is mine too. Blessings!

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Sally Niemann's avatar

Awe....not to be confused with “awesome”...originally a good word but in today’s use it qualifies as vocabulary deficiency.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Sadly true. Whenever I use awesome, Sally, I say "in the original meaning." That usually makes people think!

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Jude's avatar

I joined a November group focused on gratitude and nature. We hiked on Sunday, a crisp, cold day here in Ohio. It was my first hike on uneven ground with hills post surgery and I was exhilarated to do it. This trail has a tunnel of Osage Orange trees. I stopped midway through to just breathe it all in. So grateful to have Vitamin N as my best supplement. And gratitude? Just enhances everything.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Oh, what a wonderful hike that must have been! Congratulations on recovering and being able to hike and take in the joy and wonder of a good dose of Vitamin N. I love that you have a group focused on gratitude and nature there. Rock on!

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Karen Davis's avatar

Yes! And thanks for noting the wonderful work Priscilla is doing too!

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

I have been thinking about that particular podcast episode of Priscilla's for months, and it is still resonating for me. I've was fortunate to be able to read one Priscilla's books in advance and write a blurb for it, and I found myself stretching and growing in that process--such a gift.

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Karen Davis's avatar

Oh yes! I love her books and all her writing.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Me too. :)

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Alicia Kwon's avatar

Beautiful!

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Thank you, Alicia!

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Alicia Kwon's avatar

Grateful for your writing! Hope you have a wonder-ful day. Keep being awe-some!

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

Blessings and the same wishes to you!

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Chloe Hope's avatar

Birds are my faithful directors towards awe, and to them I'm most grateful 🪶

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

And your writings on birds magnify that awe for all of us. For that I am grateful!

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Nancy Harlan's avatar

Thank you for this thoughtful post, Susan. I also believe that our awe when facing the beauty of nature helps us be more open, more fulfilled, and ultimately more concerned and linked to nature and wild beings. I am thankful that my family helped me develop such a view of the world that focuses on that awesome world itself.

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Susan J Tweit's avatar

How wonderful that your family gave you that broad view of the natural world and that intimate connection! I was fortunate to have a family who taught my about natural history and got me outside, so like you, my roots in the more-than-human world go deep. That's a beautiful gift, I think. Blessings!

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