In my world, several miles of
river, mountains and hills rolling away, great lawn and cloud filled skies it
is obvious that apart from the wild things I am the only human awake. There is something deeply meaningful to being
aware of yourself in the animal kingdom knowing you are the only thing
consciously observing. All other things
seem to be there, in part, so that you can rejoice for being human. I like being a human, by that I mean being what
it means to be a human and the natural world requires that. King Solomon said, “He (God) has planted
eternity in the heart of man.” Meilander says the human body is “the place where
we come to know the person.”* Both views
point to being human as an awakening of our bodies to the miraculousness of
being a human—nature is a transcendent alarm clock.
*Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey
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