On the Earth We Breathe and Live
O Earth, on whom people of many forms dwell — on you we eat, we breathe, we walk. Grant us breath and life, and length of days.
When did I last feel gratitude to the ground that feeds me and lets me breathe each day?
📝Reflection
We eat, breathe, and walk on the earth each day, yet almost never feel gratitude to that ground. It is so obvious we forget. The poet treats the earth like a mother we stand upon and live by, singing that breath and life come from her. In this verse I look again beneath my feet. Everything I eat comes from soil, and the water I drink has passed through the ground. The nearer a thing keeps me alive, the more often we forget it. Gratitude begins not with something special far off, but with looking again at the obvious thing beneath our feet.
🌱Apply It Today
At a meal today, for just one spoonful, eat slowly while recalling it came through soil, rain, and someone's hands.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
