Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

"Who made the world?  Who made the black bear? . . . Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver, from "The Summer Day"

Photo: Black bear running across a meadow of Magenta Paintbrush; Mt. Rainier National Park, WA; July 24, 2012