Like dust brushed from an old painting, as we journey beneath the surface layers of life, another landscape is revealed.

The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with every conceivable measure of safety and comfort under the sun. But that isn't what being in nature is all about. Rather, it's about feeling free, unbounded, shedding the distractions and barriers of our civilization—not bringing them with us.

In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power.

Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.

A seed doesn't stay beneath the soil, too afraid to grow. It journeys upwards boldly, for that is all it knows.