photo by Lynn H. Wyvill
This an excerpt from my book, Nature’s Quiet Wisdom.
Live in Peace
I was hiking not long ago and found what I thought was a frayed black and white rope resting on a large, flat rock in the sun. When I took a closer look, I discovered it wasn’t a rope, but the spine, bones and some skin of a snake.
It looked like it had just curled up peacefully and died.
I thought about a snake’s life. A snake sheds its skin when its body outgrows its old one and a new brighter self emerges.
Can we grow if we don’t shed our old selves so better ones can emerge?
How do we live so we can die in peace? I wondered as a solitary turtle swam below the surface of the river.
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Lynn H. Wyvill grew up in Washington DC where her favorite activity was sitting under a Japanese red maple tree, watching clouds create pictures in the sky. As a writer, she finds peace and inspiration when hiking in the woods, strolling on sandy beaches, and observing nature’s show in her backyard. Those experiences are captured in her first book, Nature’s Quiet Wisdom. Before writing books, Lynn worked as a radio/TV reporter and writer for the US Department of Agriculture and owned a consulting business that trained professionals on the creation and delivery of effective presentations. She is a lifelong learner, avid reader, small town explorer, and dedicated theater attendee who lives in beautiful Virginia with her husband.