"Developing a right relation to land meant enlarging one's capacity to love." Intimations of and Environmental Ethic, Making Nature Sacred page 58
This section of the book discusses how John Edwards could be no less 'green' then Emerson. When I read this quote I thought about my relationship to nature. I love helping my parents in their garden during the summer and I love being on the beach no matter what time of year it is. But I wondered if I truly love nature. I've never been too big of a fan of bugs or snakes nor I have been a fan of sleeping out in the elements. While I don't mind getting dirty I always want a shower as soon as I can. I guess one could say that I'm not that big into 'roughing it'. However, I think this statement is true to a sense. I'm learning to accept nature and eerything that is involved with it. I've found that since I've decided to go hiking and truly ut myself to the test, I'm more open to new experiences and new people. I interrupt that as finding a new love for something, a new passion (or at least I hope it will turn out that way). While I had love for the certain aspects of the outdoors, my capacity for love has had to grow in order to accept all the aspects of nautre, the slimey, small, dirty, and in a sense in my opinion annoying facets of life that are involved in nature.
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