Burnings, Butterflies and Beauty

Today, I offer butterflies...

Butterflies on the Buddleia in the herb garden at Autumn Cottage

...and beauty

Pathway through the trees, aross the road in Great Pen Wood

as an antidote to the images of my country that have dominated the news for the last few days...the riots and the burnings

in London and elsewhere - pots that have boiled over...

I have written - and deleted - my thoughts on the causes of the riots. In place of those rambling thoughts, I offer just peaceful images - for all those who have been affected, whether traumatised by fear, or doubled up with shame.

But I offer images and wishes of peace for the perpetrators also.

For I reckon that with a return to experience of, and regular immersion in the natural world, there might just be a chance that the anger, and the violence, the sense of resentment, greed, and abdication of personal responsibility might just start to dissipate, as they discover a place of belonging, where contribution from each individual is needed - and VALUED. If they - and we - could all start to feel part of a whole, inter-dependent Universe...don't you think there might just be the glimmer of hope that things could get better?

Visit Pangur-Ban - a blogging Druid whose words I admire - for images and expressions of a philosophy which I believe can be deeply healing for all of us.

 

Comments

[Jamie]

Well said, Roz. :)

[Margaret Lambert]

Thank you, Roz. The natural world, even in evocative images, is healing medicine for people in pain.

[Anne Cloward]

Roz
Thank you for your thoughts and your response. I am sure this is a complex issue which is composed of so many elements. But one remedy that can help everyone is the reminder of beauty and peace and the need for it in our lives.

[Caterina B]

I just read an article on the Telegraph website by Allison Pearson entitled "Raised to Rampage, where are the parents?" How sad for Britain! Those poor/awful kids probably have never had a single thought about nature. I do agree with you, if only they could be introduced to the beauty most of us know and cherish it might make a difference for them.
But....would it be more interesting than video games and texting? I don't know.
As I often say, "I despair!"

[Darla]

Roz, I've been thinking of you and your family as the news here fills with the destruction in England.

The lovely photos are what I will concentrate on now.

Darla

[Carol]

I too agree with you, Roz!

Your first photo is especially beautiful.

Thank you for this lovely and thought provoking post!