Nature Knows

<n>exotica</n> by <n>Tristan Hollingsworth</n>.

<n>Stairway to Heaven</n> in Hawaii. Photo by <n>A.J. Rezac</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Visceral Feeling</n> by <n>Jason Brasier</n>.

The island of <n>Mo'orea</n> in French Polynesia, part of the <n>FORMA Sailing Immersion</n> experience.

Photo by <n>luumomoph</n> via creative studio <n>Three Mississippi</n>.

The <n>Nā Pali Coast</n> in Kauai, Hawaii.

The Moon, shot on <n>Kodak Vision 100T</n> film. Roll by <n>PERSPEKTIVA</n>, scan by <n>Фотолаборатория «Точка цвета»</n>.

<n>Maya Lin</n>'s land art installation, <n>Wavefield</n>, at <n>Storm King Art Center</n>. Photo by <n>Jerry L. Thompson</n>.

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.  We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living.  We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on.  But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.  Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity.  We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.

<n>A.G. W. Sparrow</n>'s 1945 gelatin silver print, <n>Majestic Mitre Peak</n>.