Nature and the Serious Business of Joy

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August 22, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity. - Rachel Carson - Nature and the Serious Business of Joy British naturalist and environmental writer Michael McCarthy writes in The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy â€"part memoir and part manifestoâ€""The natural world can offer us more than the means to survive, on the one hand, or mortal risks to be avoided, on the other: it can offer us joy." { read more } Be The Change Walk into nature in any of its forms today, and as you look and listen and receive the impression, also notice within yourself its effect on you. Is there some simple way you can return to nature its great gift to us, by planting or weeding or caring for an animal? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well Three Things that Matter Most in Youth and Old Age Are You Walking Through Life in an Underslept State? Dying to Be Me Desiderata: Go Placidly Amidst the Noise & Haste People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not Why Be Kind? Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,724 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More