Home: The Universe’s free gift !

Hello beautiful Souls. My message today is gratitude… it is the simple things.

Home: The Universe's Free Gift

I returned to the forest today.🌳🌴🌲

It's been a long time—a quiet, focused, sometimes frustrating time since the operation on my knee. The doctor fixed what was broken, but the healing had to happen step by step, inside and out. Building up my strength and staying on the more flat terrain.

For six months, I felt like a cherished instrument that had been taken off the shelf, repaired, and set back down, just waiting for the moment it could truly sing again.

Today, I finally picked it up.

Stepping back onto the mossy path, it was like the forest had called to me with open arms. Tree branches waving in the gentle breeze of the island, beckoning me in to say “Bonjour!” Hello, welcome back !” It was the most incredible feeling, like finally “coming home. This is my happy comfort space, and every single sense rushed to welcome me back.

The deep, earthy scent of the soil, rich with damp leaf mold and lemony Eucalyptus trees was the first thing I inhaled—it felt like a forgotten memory blooming in my lungs. Then came the soft, familiar crunch and whisper of dry leaves under my trainers.

I listened to the birds practicing their perfect song, watched the slow flutter of butterflies, and heard the barely audible scratching and pattering of little creatures. I spied a little shrew not looking to active just resting and maybe feeling poorly.

I stopped to hug my favourite familiar tree, pressing my cheek against the smooth and slightly rough bark that was peeling slightly. I savored the cool texture of the bark and just felt the sheer, silent bliss of connection. It was an incredible feeling of emotion as I inhaled the vibrations of this much needed return to good healthly feel of the tree’s energy. An energy that embraced me back with such abundant love.

High above, as I gazed up, the sunlight broke into shimmering, liquid pools of light on the forest floor. The light also shone through the tippy top branches of the tall trees and seemed to beckon me to a new dawn.

With awe of this, in all of this simplicity, I again was reminded and realized a profound truth:

The gentle breeze on my skin, the perfect acoustics of the birdsong, the scent of the living earth—these are the simplest, most essential gifts, offered freely from the Universe itself. They require no money, no subscription, no invitation; they are simply ours to embrace whenever we quiet our minds and step into this space. This profound, unconditional generosity filled my soul with a sense of peace I had known I was missing.

Then, I watched a single, dry leaf drift down to the earth. It was a simple moment, but it hit me: that leaf wasn't just falling; it was returning to earth. It was the new leaf in my own book.

This walk, this return, is the first perfect note of the new melody I'm playing. My body is re-tuned, and the forest, with its endless, free gifts, is the resonant chamber that's amplifying my joy back to me. The music of my healing is deeper, richer, and more meaningful than it was before.

I walked until my heart was full. To feel the simple mechanism of my body working, to have the strength and freedom to step, to navigate the uneven terrain, and to be entirely surrounded by the life-giving silence of the trees—it was all overwhelming.

I'm not just walking; I'm playing my song of strength and belonging. And for the ability to return to my home among the trees and walk again, I am truly and deeply blessed to walk again!

It’s good to be back. See you, forest… I will be back soon🌳🌲🌴