Look Under Your Feet
By: John Burroughs
I am an old man now and have come to the summit of my years. But in my heart is the joy of youth for I have learned that the essentials of life are near at hand and happiness is his who but opens his eyes to the beauty which lies before him.
—John Burroughs
The lesson which life constantly repeats is to 'look under your feet.' You are always nearer to the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars. Every place is the center of the world.
You can find this passage in Burroughs — Studies in Nature and Literature
"The lure of the distant
and the difficult
is deceptive."
Never truer in our stressed out American culture. Go on an expensive vacation! Go on cruise! The rat in wheel keeps running looking for the new, the exotic, the next big purchase.
"Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center
of the world."
Beauiful lines ✨