It’s easy to see a majestic, sunset-lit mountain and feel its sacredness.
It’s easy to see an ancient, giant tree towering in a forest and feel its sacredness.
It’s easy to see a magnificent whale breach with power and grace out of the ocean and feel its sacredness.
It’s easy to see a symphony orchestra playing with extraordinary skill and feel its sacredness.
It’s easy to feel the sacred when our spirits are captivated by the many grand wonders of Nature (humans included)… but what about the tiny and inconspicuous wonders… or our own?
All of Nature is sacred and whether we see it this way or not is a matter of perception.
Just because a bird is black, a scavenger and doesn’t sing, instead of being a bird of flamboyant colours that feeds on fruit and has a sweet melody, doesn’t make its purpose less noble than the other’s. Its existence actually keeps our environments clean of diseases.
Just because a plant has barely visible flowers, grows in the shade and doesn’t have a sweet scent, instead of being a sun-loving one with showy large flowers of a divine aroma, doesn’t make its purpose less important than the other’s. Its existence prevents the soil from eroding so it can continue to support an abundance of life.
Fungi with their visible mushrooms, are probably one of the least revered forms of life in Nature.
And yet, their roles are so crucial to our natural environments.
Mushrooms are actually the fruiting and reproductive bodies of a vast underground network known as mycelium. These invisible systems help their environments to thrive and remain healthy.
They help to decompose fallen trees and other woody plants, so that their minerals and nutrients can be absorbed by the roots of various plants, trees and other beings.
They have also evolved such a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship with other plants’ root systems, that they depend on each other to flourish.
Some plants, like the beautiful flowers we know as orchids, have developed such a special relationship that they can’t grow without these special mycorrhizae.
While their visible fruiting bodies are short-lived, the underground bodies of the fungi can live extremely long lives and cover a vast area. One colony in the American “Malheur National Forest” is estimated to be well over 2,000 years old and to cover approximately 2,200 acres (8.9 sq. km)!
Mushrooms have always captivated me since they’re so unique as a family of beings.
The mushrooms I’m featuring in the photograph were on the side of a trail that I hiked two days ago. Their delicate parasol caps are tinier than an American dime and their stems are no more than one inch tall. They’re one of the most minuscule mushroom species I’ve seen yet! I noticed them because their energy caught my “radar”. I was delighted to see these little creations. They are just as sacred as the trees and mosses they were growing with.
It’s almost second nature for people to compare themselves with others. You might feel like what you do is less important than someone else for various reasons. However, only you can do what you do, the way you were meant to!
We would find it ridiculous if flowers compared themselves to each other, and it should be no different for human beings.
We each have something significant to contribute through our unique purpose – and every one is sacred.
What’s one thing you can do today to honour your purpose and its sacred role?
With love and wonder-filled spirit,
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