Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life

I am your host corny Miskara and today we're going to talk about the feeling of being lost.

More to come on that in a moment, but first let's tune in to the sound of the bells. So have you ever had the experience of feeling lost, the feeling of not being sure what your next step is or

where your life is headed. It can sometimes even

painful.

so I want to share a poem, so I want to share a poem called Lost by David Wagner, which he based on the teachings

that the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest gave their children if they were to ever be lost in the thick redwoods.

The poem goes like this. He says,

Stand still, the trees ahead and bushes beside you are not lost.

Wherever you are, is called here, and you must treat it as a powerful stranger, must ask permission to know it and be known.

The forest breeds.

Listen. It answers. Boris breeds, listen.

It answers, I have made this place around you.

If you leave it, you may come back again, saying here.

No two trees are the same to Raven, no two branches are the same to Wren.

If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, you are surely lost.

Stand still.

The forest knows where you are.

You must let it find you. Hmm.

So notice how this lands for you.

I have different perspectives.

The one that often comes up is as profound as that feels, I'm not quite sure how that would help someone get out of the forest.

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