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_{First published 18/11/21 – Last updated 18/6/25}

_{Featured Image Credit: Craig Whitehead via Unsplash}
^{Nature’s Beauty Poem: We Know Where We Belong by Natacha Neveu for TheSortingHouse}

Here’s a raw, reverent ode to our savage nature. A poem about nature’s beauty, an offering from the wild, undomesticated being that still lives inside of a materially crafted us. It comes from the place that remembers natural instinct, organic rhythm, and what’s real beneath all the synthetic noise.

It’s a thank you to the cosmic mother; our earth, origin, source, and a nod to anyone who feels that pull to return to something honest, something told of in tales of old. Inspired by the art of strong women and the men shaped by them. This adoring nature’s beauty poem moves through elemental archetypes and paradoxes; fire and water, air and earth, gentleness and ferocity, destruction and rebirth.

Think of it as a reminder, a call to come back to yourself regardless of what is happening.
When we drift too far into the numbness of modern life, our bones still know the way home.
Our breath still remembers the trees.
Our hearts still move with the tides.
To honour what’s fierce and gentle, messy and sacred.
To find rhythm again, to rest in between, and to remember what it feels like to belong to our earth’s song.

A close up shot of moss, ivy and ferns on the forest floor. The dappled sunlight is highlighting the plants, a perfect symphony in nature's beauty poem.

Reading Time: 8 minutes

^{First published 27/4/2020 – Last updated 03/6/25}

“Does Perfection Really Exist?”

If you’ve been feeling uneasy about the state of the world, you’re not alone.

What if that discomfort is not a problem, but an invitation? An invitation to look inward and awaken the transformative power that lies dormant within.

The change we want and need. It’s already here for those that choose it. All that remains is to act consciously with inherent perfection.

Does perfection exist in nature at sunset, a lovely golden hour view of pine trees amongst a wild, open expanse of hilly, rocky nature landscape. — _{Photo by Natacha Neveu for TheSortingHouse}

Awakening in a World of Discomfort

Know that this state of disarray is meant to be, it cannot be otherwise. No amount of worrying, denying, or avoiding will change what must be healed from within.

Only conscious action aligned with inner truth can create meaningful, sustainable change outside of ourselves.

Respecting that each is on their own path, their own timeline, can also help when times get rough.

As babies we arrive as pure energy, whole loving souls into this material matrix that we navigate with our physical bodies over the years. Although some get through without too much of a scratch, most are broken down into a “reality” ripe for manipulation either covertly or overtly.

Regardless of what has happened to a soul during this experience, we must each break the loops and heal our hearts from the carnage of these traumas and internal conflicts.