Graelwyn wrote:
I am wondering how many others here still have a certain childlike wonder at the more simple things in life, like the shapes of plants, the way animals behave, the sky, the sun and water, not to mention the power of the elements. I find that these things all bring me alive, and often when I go out, I get drawn to looking closely at plants or at a bird I hear singing in a tree and I could look at water for hours. I find these things give me more pleasure than any manmade, material things ever can.
I feel just about exactly the way you're describing here. These things aren't simple, though! The more you look at them, the more complexity reveals itself to you. For instance, no two plants are exactly the same, no two leaves on a tree are the same, no two animals behave in the same way.
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