"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ July 12 (Henry David Thoreau)
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2017-07-26

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for July 12th!

It’s by Henry David Thoreau, an American author, poet, philosopher, naturalist, and social activist.  He lived from 1817 to 1862. 

“We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the seacoast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thundercloud and the rain, which lasts three weeks and produces freshets. We need to witness our limits transgressed and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine.

“Nature is truly awesome.  I think most people earnestly search for their purpose in life and their role in the world.  When we are surrounded by nature, we can readily understand what an overpowering force it is.  We understand there is something bigger than us everywhere we look.  We see nature’s fragile beauty and its immense power that create the world we inhabit.  We need to embrace nature for all its worth, even test ourselves against it.  We also need to appreciate and respect nature as the source of all that sustains us.  And sometimes we just need to leave it alone.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in July. I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!