Befriending (our) Nature

Cultivating the Constant Companion

Planting Purpose with Poetry in This Wonderful World Guidebook

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Humans have evolved 
to need a friend;
we’ve been designed 
to crave companionship. 

And yet, sometimes life
is oh-so lonely.
With or without friends or family,
whether or not we’re married-

so many of us crave understanding:

the care and compassion 
of someone who gets us
gives humble guidance 
in all our confusions,

mercy and forgiveness 
when we’ve made mistakes,
gives a helping hand 
on all our hard days. 

But human love, 
like life itself,  
comes with storms 
and comes with droughts.

Our fumbly human hearts 
wax and wane-
We need love, 
and yet we’re learning.

Thankfully, however, 
there is a friend
that’s found in (our) nature, 
that’s found in everything:

When we see life as a mirror, 
the forever friend is found
someone who always listens, 
someone who sticks around

not as a replacement 
for the need to connect
but as a foundation 
that serves all the rest:

As I've found a friend
in the living mirror, 
I've found solid ground
for my heart to grow stronger

so that I become the friend 
that I have always wanted
then friends begin appearing 
all over the planet. 

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