A friend once asked me why I was so interested in the use of herbs. The answer came back before I even thought about it: the lifestyle. I got to thinking about that answer and thought, yes, that is what is so interesting about herbs. Once you get curious about the use of herbs, you get into so many different subjects that you never lose interest. The use of herbs got me thinking about the way we live our lives.
I used to think I would love to live a completely natural lifestyle. Over the years I realized that the modern conveniences were given to us by our Maker to make our lives easier. We can and should combine the old with the new for our comfort. We simply have to learn how best to utilize the new, so that we don’t destroy our earth by living in a throwaway society.
Herbs got me thinking about the insects that are in nature. They, too, have a part to play in the food chain. We must stop using pesticides because they are destroying the insects along with us. We have a chance to help our young people start think¬ing of ways to live that are more in balance with nature—other¬wise we will not survive. We must start recycling everything we use in order to save our natural environment.
I really feel that you become more spiritual when you become acquainted with nature. I feel that this old world could handle that right now, don’t you?
Every day you can pick up a newspaper or magazine and read how more and more people are coming to realize that quality of life is more important than making a lot of money, and more people are dropping out of the so-called fast lane. All I can say is hooray for them. They are finding out that the new lifestyle they are choosing to lead now has great benefits for their children. They are finding that they receive a great deal of satisfaction and pride in being able to do for themselves. Nothing you learn is ever wasted.
Suppose the world does have a natural or manmade catastrophe. Would you have the knowledge to provide for your family? I appreciate the modern conveniences, but I would be perfectly willing and able to live with a lot less and get a lot of pleasure doing it. I don’t advocate giving up convenience for natural living. We can have the best from the past and present—and perhaps the future. The way the world is going we had best have some expert¬ise in coping with the unknown future.
I gave serious thought to becoming a vegetarian. But, after watching the natural chain of events, and through different expe¬riences that I have had, I came to realize that animals are part of the food chain. They are more aware of this than humans are. I am not a hunter. If it came down to me having to butcher an ani¬mal in order to eat, I could be a vegetarian with no problem. But I do feel that if you need to hunt to feed your family, there is nothing wrong with hunting. The wrong comes when it is done for sport. I feel that we should give thanks for any animal that gives its life in order to feed us and our children.
Nature has a lot to teach us about beauty and attraction. The natural order of life is procreation and attraction must be there in order to procreate. When we learn to go with the flow and become much more natural in our attitudes toward attracting the opposite sex, this helps us to stop playing all the mind games that go on with the mating game now. We soon take a more spiritual attitude toward the opposite sex and relationships.
Nature teaches us about seasons. This can be related to our life changes and how everything has its season or time for being. We learn about order from nature. Why can’t we bring that order into our life? Everyday living becomes easier if there is order in our life. Even gardening is easier if we learn to work with nature instead of trying to control our environment.
So don’t ask me what herbs have to offer, because just about any lifestyle can benefit from learning even a little about our wild gifts.
I really do hope that you find something of value to use from this website. Even if you do not use the recipes, maybe it will start you thinking about how important saving our environment is for the future of humankind.
Most of our modern medicines are derived from the wild herbs; we can at least learn to respect them in their native habi¬tat by protecting our land and forests. We can help save the forests by recycling what we do use. We can start making our lives simpler and rediscover the values that are important to us in order to be happy. We can learn to have respect for the ani-mals and insects that make life possible for us. We can learn to share our time and hobbies with our families and bring our fam¬ilies closer again. Our value system will change again. Let’s hope it uses some of the old values while improving upon them with the new.

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