Window to the soul

Reflection questions for this piece: What are some windows to the soul you’ve experienced or find meaningful? (For example, the eyes, writing, creative expression, nature, etc.) What does the phrase “Window to the soul” mean to you? When have you felt most comfortable in your own skin? And in that moment, what allowed you to feel more in touch with your genuine self or more secure in who you are? In what moments have you felt especially connected to others? (For example, another person in particular, a group of people, or even a particular place or kind of place that’s meaningful or special to you.)

About the Love Letters to Mother Earth collection

What moves us toward protection and care if not love? In honoring and loving my natural self, my soul, I learn how to safeguard my tenderness and the magic that is mine to wield. And this love guides me toward the people and spaces where I feel free and valued as my true self.

My hope is that in honoring and loving wild lands, tender artists, our authentic selves, this mysterious and beautiful universe, and this magical and messy planet of ours, we will learn to safeguard what is precious and sacred in each other and this world. Standing under a canopy of towering trees is humbling, freeing, incomparably special. It’s precious. So are you and so am I and so is each river and forest and so is this planet.