"Lots of people
hardly ever feel real soil under their feet, see plants grow except in flower
pots, or get far enough beyond the street light to catch the enchantment of a
night sky studded with stars. When people live far from scenes of the Great
Spirit's making, it's easy for them to forget His laws."
Tatanga
Mani (Walking
As
though lying upon a sunlit beach, let us relax and breathe deeply of the
spiritual atmosphere with which the grace of this prayer surrounds us. Let us
become willing to partake and be strengthened and lifted up by the sheer
spiritual power, beauty, and love of which these magnificent words are the
carriers. Let us look upon the sea, and ponder what its mystery is; and let us
lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders
still unseen.
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 100
...And
who could comprehend a Supreme Being anyhow? Yet, in other moments, we found
ourselves thinking, when enchanted by a starlit night, "Who then, made all
this?" There was a feeling of awe and wonder...
Big
Book pg. 46
And
then, with a better motive, had we not worshipfully beheld the sunset, the sea,
or a flower?
Big
Book pg. 54
Great
Spirit help me, help me to live close to your creation.