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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Twenty Four This Forest Has Risen · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Hey, when it comes to podcasts listening, are you like me?
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  Speaker 1: Arrooe dot net. The searching is over. It's all in
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  Speaker 1: one place. Enjoy the exploration. Hey, thanks for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the conversation. Welcome to foest Stories, a series
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  Speaker 1: of short winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees,
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  Speaker 1: stuck feet First and Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a huge part of my daily journey for
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three years. I Am the Poet in the Forest,
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  Speaker 1: a children's series written and recorded in the nineteen nineties.
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  Speaker 1: It's grown into multiple podcasts that now reach around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and none of it would be possible without this forest
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  Speaker 1: right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, at the base
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  Speaker 1: of Heartbreak Hills. It's a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's time you get to meet what's inspired several generations
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  Speaker 1: long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized
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  Speaker 1: around this beautiful lake, slow moving stream, flatland, swamps, and
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  Speaker 1: array of natural animals. There were families and business owners
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  Speaker 1: who are said to have raced into this area for
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds, and
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  Speaker 1: wild grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about
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  Speaker 1: it or it's buried somewhere inside their family tree. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the forest. Easter Sunday, Oh so many
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  Speaker 2: Easters celebrated its side, this beautiful forest in South Charlotte.
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  Speaker 2: The greatest thing about this is that I love it
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  Speaker 2: when we get a spring rain on Easter Sunday and
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  Speaker 2: Jesse and I still take the walk, the transition walk
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  Speaker 2: through all of these trees, all of these amazing birds
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  Speaker 2: that feel like they've been hiding for several months because
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  Speaker 2: of winter, but on Easter they come out to play.
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  Speaker 2: And when it's raining like this, what are they doing?
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  Speaker 2: They're taking a bath. Humans take baths, right, dogs take baths?
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  Speaker 2: Why can't all these birds take a bath and then
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  Speaker 2: stand on the limbs of these gorgeous trees and say,
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  Speaker 2: look at me. Look at me, Look at me. It's
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  Speaker 2: a very spiritual walk on a day like this, such
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  Speaker 2: as Easter Day, because your imagination is already thinking about
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  Speaker 2: the bunny that you grew up with, the eggs that
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  Speaker 2: you hunted down, and everything else. But do you ever
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  Speaker 2: take the time to look around you on Easter and
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  Speaker 2: see how the entire kingdom of living things celebrates such
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  Speaker 2: your day. No, No, you got to really pay attention
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  Speaker 2: to something like this, and this forest is definitely very
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  Speaker 2: evident of that. I'm not trying to get all holy
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  Speaker 2: and everything on you. What I'm trying to share with
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  Speaker 2: you is that as you make your way through your
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  Speaker 2: own force, through your own parks, wherever you go to
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  Speaker 2: take a transition walk, or just to be alone with nature,
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  Speaker 2: pay close attention to everything around you and get the
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  Speaker 2: attention off you. So many people say, well, I've got
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  Speaker 2: to go to a forest because I need to learn
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  Speaker 2: how to relax, or I got to go to a
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  Speaker 2: forest because I just want to be able to be
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  Speaker 2: with people that understand what it's like to go camping,
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  Speaker 2: or to be able to hit the trails and go hiking.
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  Speaker 2: It's not about that, because if you truly are going
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  Speaker 2: to hit nature, especially on Easter, and you're gonna say, hey, look,
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  Speaker 2: I got to have something because tomorrow's a brand new
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  Speaker 2: day and I need to rejuvenate my soul once again.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to get holy. I'm just saying, if
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  Speaker 2: you would just take more time, taking time to just listen,
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  Speaker 2: because the birds are bringing a song that you've been
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  Speaker 2: shoving aside for the longest time. It's like a radio station,
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  Speaker 2: one that you tune in for a moment. They might
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  Speaker 2: play your favorite song and you're forgiving in the very beginning,
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  Speaker 2: but then you give up when they jump into the
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  Speaker 2: next song. In a forest, in a park, no sit
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  Speaker 2: through the songs you don't want to hear, because if
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  Speaker 2: you're truly trying to relax, or you're truly trying to
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  Speaker 2: be creative, then that's what you do. You open up
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  Speaker 2: your heart and you allow that to become your story.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a very special day, Easter Sunday, inside this
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  Speaker 2: gorgeous forest. Not to be religious, I'm not. I'm just
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  Speaker 2: saying the other living things they're trying to speak to you.
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  Speaker 2: But if you made the choice to listen, hey, thanks
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  Speaker 2: for being a part of the conversation.