"MIRACLES IN THE MINUTIA"
~ a poem by Julia Butterfly Hill
Tiny, little specks of
white flecks…
flowers poking
through the crevice
of the public transportation train station.
I was filled with judgment
until that moment…
the things that were not going right,
the person who had not set me up
for success…
the list of my complaints long.
Until that moment.
The flowers were not complaining
that they had to grow
in a crack,
in a crevice
on the edge of concrete
at a station
instead of in a beautiful field
with room to breathe and grow.
They were just being flowers.
Being beautiful
whether anyone cared
or noticed
at all.
I was one big complaint…
until that moment…
when i stooped down
and touched their magnificence
and was humbled to my core.
julia butterfly hill March 2009
Julia Butterfly Hill brought international attention to the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree and refused to come down. Her historic protest to the environmental destruction caused by the clear-cutting of ancient redwoods culminated after 738 days with an agreement that provided permanent protection for the tree known as Luna and a 3 acre buffer-zone around it.
Julia Butterfly Hill is an activist, a writer and a poet. She is the author of the national best seller The Legacy of Luna and the co-author of One Makes The Difference, both published by Harper San Francisco. The audio release, Spiritual Activation, captures Julia’s vital message as it is given at standing-room-only appearances across the country. All of Julia’s books (and the packaging for the CD) have been published with 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks and chlorine-free processing, pushing the publishing industry to a higher standard of ecological sustainability.
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