Tape 44: Day 400, What Julia Misses, A Poem

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    Contributor

    Julia Butterfly Hill

    Geraldine Goldberg

    Episode Description

    G: ... now it's time to check in with Julia Butterfly, Hi Julia!

    J: Hello Geraldine.

    G: Today is day number four hundred, are you doing anything special?

    J: I'm speaking with you!

    G: Well, thank you, you know I have to say, for those of our listeners who maybe don't know, we've been having a conversation every week for almost a year. You have been in that tree every day and hour fo,-over a year. So, I just want to set the stage, I'm talking to Julia Butterfly, who is sitting in the top of an ancient redwood tree on Pacific Lumber land and has been doing so for four hundred days. Thanks Julia!

    J: Well, thank you. You know when you mention things like time, like four hundred days, one of the questions I often get in my interviews is "Well, what do you miss, Julia?" and I talk to them about how at the very beginning I missed the aspects of comfortability, I missed being able to go inside when it's freezing cold outside, I missed being able to be on solid ground, in a sturdy shelter, when the wind is gusting at ninety miles an hour, I missed being able to walk ... there are things we all take for granted over time in our life and one of the things I feel very blessed about this experience is that over time I have learned that I don't want to waste any precious moment of my life in missing anything, that any time I'm allowed to take a breath in and let a breath out, I am being filled with the greatest gift, and that is life, and that far supersedes nice cars, nice houses and nice clothes, I've had all of that and I gave it up, and in giving it up I have never felt more fulfilled in my life, but instead of missing those things anymore, now I appreciate every moment of every single day and I will never take things like that for granted again. And with that thought in mind, I have a poem I'd love to share with you about a beautiful morning sunrise, remembering to look at the precious gift we have in our lives, like sunrises.

    Broadcast Date

    1-12-1999

    Filename

    19990112

    Language

    English

    Digital Format

    MP3

    File Size

    2.45 MB

    Duration

    3:14

    Collection

    KHSU

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    Tape44_19990112.pdf (492 kB)

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