Mother Nature?
Give Leaves of Grass it's Dew Read and Celebrate
Sophia: Look at the world waking in spring, Martin. Do you see promise only in texts, or in the very green that reaches toward the sun?
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
— Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Martin: The living world speaks as loudly as any scripture. Each bud and leaf whispers of renewal, a testament to resilience and hope beyond words.
Walt: And in that renewal, I find the voice of self. To celebrate oneself is to honor the life that courses through all things, not as vanity, but as recognition of our shared vitality.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
— Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Gerard: Yet, even in this flourishing, we sense the ache of loss. The leaves fall, the golden moments pass, and the mind grieves the impermanence that shadows life.
Mahatma: True strength emerges when grief does not harden into resentment. Forgiveness, like spring, requires courage and growth. The weak cling to bitterness; the strong release it, creating space for joy and renewal.
Margaret, are you grieving, over Goldengrove unleaving?
— Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Sophia: So, we are called to witness, to celebrate, and to forgive. Life’s poetry is written in leaves, in laughter, and in the willingness to let go of what weighs us down.
Martin: And in every turning season, the promise endures.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Walt: Every self, every breath, every moment of awareness, becomes a song worth singing.
Gerard: Even in loss, beauty persists.
Mahatma: And forgiveness ensures that the beauty is not consumed by grief, but shared and multiplied.
Sophia: Then let us read the leaves, sing our selves, honor the fleeting, and forgive freely. In that act, we celebrate life fully—dew upon grass, and dew upon the heart.
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