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By Sean Weaver

Have you been to a forest today?

With all senses acutely aware?

Bathed in rivers and washed your worries away?

Drawn deep the secrets of ancient green air?

Have you sat on a log wet with moss?

Have you heard the music of streams?

Have you felt the passion of a sandfly’s kiss?

Have you dreamed impossible dreams?

Have you walked a heavenly stair?

With beads of sweat on your brow?

Danced naked with leaves and sticks in your hair?

After rolling around on some sacred ground?

Have you tasted the leaf of a tree?

As the dawn sun touches your cheek?

Have you felt the wind at the edge of a cliff?

Have you crossed a beautiful creek?

Have you walked for days alone?

Discovered just what you don’t need?

Have you gladly forgotten the comforts of home?

Have you found a way to be free?

Have you unearthed a sense of wonder?

Discovered your love for the land?

Sought refuge from an otherwise busy life?

By letting eternity take your hand?

Have you found the truth of ages?

To dwell in the forests of time?

Have you opened your eyes to the pages?

Of the unwritten book of the forest sublime?

Have you been to a forest today?

Have you been to a forest today?

Sean Weaver is the founder and host of Ekodo (environmentalism as a martial art) – a life-skills programme for compassionate agents of change. He lives in Golden Bay with his lovely wife Jo and wonderful boys – Leo and Ruben.

Sean is also a climate change solutions consultant through his business Carbon Partnership, where he focuses primarily on protecting indigenous forests in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

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