Resilient by Nature

""""Despite our many differences, we are all quite alike in essence. We all inhabit this great, complex planet swathed in blankets of ocean, ice, and forest, inhaling its air and basking in the light of its sun, moon, and stars. We all think and grow and dream, love and fear, smile and cry. We all fight our own battles. And sometimes, we journey deep into our own inner worlds and forget to fathom our fundamental place within the greater world around us, set beside our fellow human brothers and sisters. This collection of 21 poems ponders the silent messages that our earth presents to us each day, expressed in its glorious language of whispering leaves, bellowing winds, trilling birds, soaring mountains, flowing rivers, cycling seasons. Unceasingly, the forces of nature remind us that we are strong, resilient, and worthy of life, if only we choose to perceive it...""""