Weekly Inspiration 7/23/2026

Treasure

by Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Prayer is not fingering the pearl of great price,

or turning over in your hand the secret treasure.

It's emptying your vault to afford the pearl.

It's buying the field.

God, I don't know where to find the pearl.

I give you my all. Spend it where you will.

I haven't found the treasure yet.

But I am your field. Dig.

Reminder that we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through a fungal network. Where octopuses dream. Where elephants return to the bone of the deceased and stand over them in silence. Where bees use dance to communicate where to fly and where the flower is. Where crows remember the faces of people who were cruel (or kind) to them and pass this memory to their children. Where ants build cities. Where cats purr at a frequency that accelerates the healing of bones. Where, after a forest fire, the first thing the earth does is grow flowers.

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