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Mindful by Nature
IV
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table of contents
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Note from the Authors
  3. Part I. Grounding
    1. Baseline
    2. Seeing the Unseen
    3. Perspective
    4. The Essential Question
    5. Blind Spots
    6. Listening to the Birds
    7. Fox Walking
  4. Part II. Deep Listening
    1. Matches in the Dark
    2. Uncertainty
    3. Pause and Presence
    4. Snow in Spring
    5. On Birch Bark Peeling
    6. Tracking Self
    7. The Earth Is Happy to Remind You to Be Mindful
  5. Part III. Leaning In
    1. Lost in Thought
    2. Concentric Rings
    3. Natural Navigation
    4. Is It True?
    5. Footprints of the Sun
    6. Go a Different Way
  6. Part IV. Wise Action
    1. Intention
    2. Walking with Coyotes
    3. Connection, Intention, and Attention
    4. Being Sensible
    5. I Looked
    6. The Curse and Blessing of the Tracker
    7. Going the Right Speed
  7. Part V. Coming Home
    1. Remembering the Sacred
    2. Tracking and Stories
    3. Exploring the Edges
    4. Harvesting Stories
    5. Mourning
  8. Afterword
  9. Notes
  10. Further Reading

IV

Wise Action

Do not try to save

the whole world

or do anything grandiose.

Instead, create

a clearing

in the dense forest

of your life

and wait there

patiently,

until the song

that is yours alone to sing

falls into your own cupped hands

and you recognize and greet it.

Only then will you know

how to give yourself

to this world

so worthy of rescue.

—Martha Postlethwaite, “Clearing”

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