Wash Your Spirit Clean

Keep close to Nature's heart ... break clear away once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. - John Muir

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While at my desk eating yogurt for lunch, a former colleague calls from Colorado and asks, “You know how everyone in at our old company would sit at their desk and eat yogurt?”

I stop chewing (I had added granola), “Yeah...”

He is giddy, "I love it here. At lunch, we go out and throw the Frisbee. And, the view of the Rockies is unbelievable.”

I look at the yogurt cup (“Fruit on the Bottom!”). Seems the fruit (cake) is sitting on his bottom.

Outside my window Lake Kittamaqundi is in its spring glory. Out the door I go.

Outside, the fresh spring breeze freshens the face and a symphony of smells greets the nose. Beside the lake, trees are blooming and flowers blossom. On the lake, a duck paddles by followed by a line of ducklings purposefully following mom. Geese majestically glide by.

Heading north on the 1.5 mile path that surrounds the lake, I pass mothers with strollers, and fathers fishing with kids.

An elderly couple holds hands on the wood bridge while they watch a Robin search for food.

On the far side of lake, gardens, trees, and benches are memorials and dedicated to people some here and some memories. A young couple fervently tries to occupy as little of the bench as possible.

Pockets of men and women pass some smiling, some frowning, and talking in a clamor of languages. Some are laughing and some are crying.

I arrive back at the office and realize John Muir was wrong – you can “wash your spirit clean” in 30 minutes.

How about you? What washes your spirit clean? When do you Taste the Food?

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