Saturday, 21 May 2011

'You Cannot Own the Land, the Land Owns You.'

I was thinking today about a subject I don’t want to go into, but it led to the final thought:

The farmer’s just the guy who throws the seed around. It’s the land that’s sacred.

So why am I being enigmatic? Because after I thought that, I looked at the fields around where I live and, for the first time in my life, felt a sense of just how sacred the land is.

4 comments:

Maria Sondule said...

From clues in your posts, I've gotten a sense that you do live somewhere very open and beautiful. You're very lucky.

JJ said...

I do indeed, Maria. Surrounded by fields, hedgerows and woods.

Nuutj said...

I don't know what to add cause your post is well said. Agree with you,

JJ said...

It suddenly struck me, Mei-shan, that the land is the womb of nature. That seems pretty sacred to me, and I see it differently now.