Harmony runs through all life
Trees are united with other trees through their root system underground and share nutrients depending on which tree most needs them.
Once, while camping in the Cascade Mountains, I entered a small subalpine valley filled with shallow, bubbling streams and wildflowers. The feeling of bliss in the valley was so palpable, so thrilling, that when it was time to leave I had to drag myself away. John Muir continuously experienced a joyous, benign presence in wild nature. He disagreed with advocates of Darwin’s evolutionary theory who emphasized only nature’s strife and competitiveness. He would also disagree with the sentiment expressed by a present-day scientist: “When we look at nature, we are only looking at the survivors.”