All of God's creatures have divine knowledge
within, even the tiniest ant, and we're all
trying to get in step and march to the Divine
Music.
~ from TALES OF THE HASIDIM by Martin Buber
I remember as a boy standing at the side of a gorge watching the swift, shallow water and a girl standing in it up to her knees. Everything was settled and at peace in the sunlight. As I watched the hills began to sing -- I could hear them as an indistinct choir. Then they began to shimmer and dance. It seemed clear that we were linked -- hills and humans -- in a deep, objective way. And this connection made life true, and my usual fears irrelevant.