A Moment of Natural Zen

On Nature’s power to heal the mind and body

Grand Tetons at dawn. Photo by the author

Settling and soothing, the world beyond walls mends a mood, heals the foul wounds of existence, patches a hole in a soul.

Face-slapping salty coast, drippy drenched mossy forest, sunburnt rusted desert, mountains kiss sky, butterflies tango, deer splash bank to bank, a leaf kayaks from unknown wheres rushing hello and waving…