The Wisdom of the Raven

When Mark climbed up the steps that circle around a grain bin on our farm, he found a Raven’s nest with 4 eggs encircled in snow.

I asked my people, after they returned from going up the stairs to look at this nest, "What did you learn from this Raven?"

Ajah, my 8 year old daughter, after a long quiet look at the nest,

“Follow through. Follow through, no matter what.”

When I asked my daughter in law, Julie,

"Maybe we can find a little more resilience to life’s storm when we take responsibility to prepare: like build our nest deep enough, wide enough, with a rim to protect our young from the wind and then take up space, loud space, to protect what matters to us.”

When I ask my granddaughter, Quinn, she sings,

“WOW!”

Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
- Mary Oliver