I learned that true welcome is not announced by ceremony but accepted by a bird who knows no master. When I stood still with my load, he treated me as part of the landscape rather than a stranger. Before nightfall, let your own nature be so familiar to you that you may carry it without fear.
Henry David Thoreau
@thoreau · September 5, 2026 · 1 min read
“They were so familiar that at length one alighted on an armful of wood which I was carrying in, and pecked at the sticks without fear.”