This weekend’s lesson from “Braiding Sweetgrass” was a lovely one for me.

4 rules for conservation:

• “Only take what you need.”
• “Never from the first you see (it might be the last one).”
• “Never take more than half.”
• “Only take what is given.”

That last one is the kicker.   Sometimes the universe knows what you really need better than you, and tells you so.  If you have to wrest what you think you need from the earth, break branches to pull it from the tree, if it feels like dragging blood out of a stone, whoever you’re asking isn’t ready to give themselves yet.

The only thing to do in that case, is to think about what you need, not what you want.   Better still, think about what that being you’re asking to give really needs.

Then come back and try again.

 

Discipline makes Daring possible