How to Grow Wise: Lessons I Continue to Learn from the Natural World
Sally Triant |
TEDxGVSU
• March 2019
Everything that lives grows. As humans we have the capacity to learn from our surroundings and not only thrive but grow wise, if we pay attention to the lessons we can learn from nature. To do so we must reconnect with the places we call home; learning to look outdoors for the answers. By observing the seasonal shifts, the cycles of life and death, the pathways of water, and ways the local species adapt and survive, we may be able to discover answers to the questions we ponder. We can connect through phenology and study the patterns and changes we see in the environment. Through our wondering we can learn how to recognize the wisdom of nature and relate it to our own awareness and understanding of growth