In honor of our Woodside Trail Run I thought I should post the "Prayer of the Woods." It was first used in the Portuguese Forest Reserves over 1,000 years ago. Today it can be found on nature trails all over the world. "I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching your thirst as you journey on.
I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table, the bed on which you lie, and the timber that builds your boat.
I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, the shell of your coffin.
I am the bread of kindness and the floor of beauty. Ye who pass by, listen to my prayer: harm me not."
