The fly came back every day while the leaf was green, and, long afterwards, the now-shriveled leaf still sat on the table, a kind of sacred place that gave freedom to his soul. Angel Canyon, where Best Friends has its home, became a sacred place to the people who first came here thousands of years ago. The paintings and carvings they left on cave and cliff walls tell of a people who had no interest in violence or subjugation of other people, and who lived at peace with each other, with the land and with the animals. In return for protecting them and their animals, sacred places give good things back to us. City dwellers often make a balcony into a sacred place.
Greenhouses make wonderful sacred places.
Sacred places affirm life in a special way. We sanctify them by protecting the place itself and the animals who live there. When we protect life and nature, they help take care of us in return.