To Walk on Earth
Thich Nhat Hanh



I like to walk alone on country paths,
rice plants and wild grasses on both sides,
putting each foot down on the earth in mindfulness,
knowing that I walk on the wondrous earth.

In such moments, existence is a miraculous and mysterious reality.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle.
But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water
or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Every day we are engaged in a miracle
which we don't even recognize:
a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves,
the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes.
All is a miracle.

The real miracle is not to walk on water
or in thin air,
but to walk on earth.










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