From the Oldest Forest in Montana

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February 5, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace When a forest gets to be this old and untouched, it becomes something more than a forest. It becomes what we would think of as a mind, with history, knowledge, memory, and foresight. - Rick Bass - From the Oldest Forest in Montana "I had to go into the old forest seventy times before I heard it speak, and then it was only one word, 'urgency'. Each time, I had been listening, hoping I'd hear something, as I walked carefully across the rotting spines of fallen giants, which lay in dizzying geometries atop older fallen giants, which lay upon other now buried giants -- still holding their carbon, deep down into the earth, deep down into history, and yet still in service to the living -- a sarcophagus of the ancient forest. No place for bulldozers." Writer and wilderness activist Rick Bass shares more. { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out this powerful piece on, "The Animate Earth." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Guide to Well-Being During Coronavirus 16 Teachings from COVID-19 Beyond Overwhelm into Refuge A Pandemic Poem-Prayer The Gentle Art of Blessing Humanity's Wake Up Call Seven Lessons Learned from Leaves Peter Levine and Thomas Huebl: Healing Trauma & Spiritual Growth DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,636 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More