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Nadia Meli's avatar

"I am of this earth. I belong to this place. Of course we match." holy shit. This is beautiful. Your words sing to my soul. Thank you.

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Ishita Singh's avatar

I guess I have Nadia to thank after all - for sending Bree here, who sent me here. WOW! Substack, you beauty.

Nadia, Bree, Josh - THANKS a lot. My morning started off on such a great note. <3

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Bree Stilwell's avatar

In communion here, Nadia. (And thank you so much for sending me here 🫶🏻✨)

Josh - holy shit, indeed. Words fail when attempting to describe this kind of magic.

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Kelly Smith's avatar

This was my favourite line, too!

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Josh Rivers's avatar

Thank you, Nadia 🥹

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Ishita Singh's avatar

OMG JOSH! Beautiful, beautiful writing. I feel your pain when you said you'd been ignoring your knee. I have sat beneath a tree many a times & felt myself jolted into "actual" reality - my human condition, my being, my connection with the earth. I feel your wordsw in my bones.

I recently wrote an essay where I used a tree as my grounding principle to decapitalize my language.

https://mastersoffate.substack.com/p/look-ma-i-am-a-tree

Bree was kind enough to direct me to this gem of a piece. Thanks to both of you! Much love. <3

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Elizabeth Grace Martinez's avatar

wow this is wonderful writing. i've never seen someone so closely echo my experiences with trees. they are so healing and i get so much power from absorbing their energy and wisdom.

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Josh Rivers's avatar

Trees are such a gift 🥹

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Mohika Mudgal's avatar

I felt so much tenderness when you apologized to your knee and called in your ancestors... it was such a loving, sacred moment. I could feel the healing happening as I read 🌸

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Josh Rivers's avatar

🥹😭🥹

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Josh Rivers's avatar

Thank you so much, Ishita! Your generosity is beautiful 🥹

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