With temperatures about freezing for the first time in months-and our April Fool's Day snowfall melting-I took myself on a walkabout today on the land I live on. Winter's stay was long and harsh this year and I knew winter's damage would be compounded by the damage of hungry deer looking to stay alive with 4 feet of snow on the ground.
Splintered branches, young pines snapped in half, sides of young hemlocks nibbled mostly away, and cracked trunks of bushes I look forward to the blooms of, were the sights greeting me as I walked about in the warming sun of April. I sighed as I tagged the trees and bushes needing tending, reminded again of the circle of life.
When I first become the steward of land I live on, winter's damage saddened me, and I did not know how to respond to the damage. I love trees and after a heavy snowfall, take my broom out to brush off bushes and branches bending almost in half with snow weight. I became more comfortable with pruning and cutting off the damage of winter after learning the cost of damaged limbs to the health of the rest of the tree. I became more comfortable with honoring my power as God/dess with my beloved green companions.
With our choices in life-with our beloved animal companions, with what we eat, with what we give our precious time and energy to-we choose what lives and what does not in our life. And when we honor the trust of power given to us as human beings, we begin to honor how our actions-even the ones we call small-often have large impact in the world we are trusted to walkabout as a God/dess.
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