To be here is to be affected

"There is sunlight in the mountains today. The morning is crisp and clear as untrammelled thought.  Against the sky, the trees raise crooked fingers in praise. To be here is to be affected, made more. Filled.  The creative energy of the universe.  Drink it in, my friends...."   Richard Wagamese (1955-2017).

The countryside in my tiny corner of the world looks beautiful just now.  The field opposite the house is filled with buttercups, the hedgerows puffed up and spilling into the roads as the cow parsley reaches it peak.  The birds sing high in the sky and the bushes chatter with their young.  It is indeed a joy and an inspiration.