Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel

Nature is our greatest teacher. She has so much wisdom to reveal about the mysteries of life and of death, of ending and beginnings.

The wonders of Mother Earth reflect answers to the questions we carry in the secret chambers of our heart.

 I love how beauty manifests in nature. The rhythms and changing patterns that ebb and flow in the ever-changing essence of what is.

Walking along the shoreline of Laguna Beach, I came across a single strand of seaweed and I was struck by the simple eloquence of nature and delighted by her sand painting.

As caregivers, we experience great joy and suffering that is inherent in living, loving, caring and in times of  vulnerability;  for those we care for as well as our own. 

Finding moments of simple eloquence reacquaints us with precious aspects of ourselves that are easily overlooked and often forgotten.

Photo: Nature's Sand Painting by ~liz, early morning, Laguna Beach, CA