The Natural Side
“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Paul and Normal are fishing scene in A River Runs Through It. Norman narrates, “There was a balance to my father’s system. Every afternoon, I was set free, untutored, and untouched, till supper to learn on my own the natural side of God’s order. And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth.”
May moments rise up often to interrupt and redirect your attention;
To witness and be in awe of beauty within and around;
Wide open fields full of bloom;
Narrow paths worn by your feet as you go off trail to explore;
Immersed in the intensity of a sun rising on a winter morning;
Entering the current and flow of life;
Leaning back and into your softly becoming day by day;
Untutored, untouched, entering the natural side of God’s order.
“One of life’s quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.”― Norman Maclean, River Runs Through It
