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    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug's Prayer for Mindfulness
    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug's Prayer for Mindfulness
    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug's Prayer for Mindfulness
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    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug's Prayer for Mindfulness

    By Bradley Trevor Greive

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    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug’s Prayer is a thoughtful and uplifting reflection on modern life and the human condition, as well as a lighthearted celebration of some of the many truly amazing insects with whom we share our planet (and without whom human existence would cease, almost immediately). In the form of a poem, this meditation is a charming ode to all those that creep, crawl, and fly. Accompanying the poem are stunning photographs of some of the world’s most beautiful and unique creatures.  At the back of the book, an image key explains the various insects adorning the pages of this prayerful keepsake.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateMar 28, 2017
    ISBN9781449485832
    The World Is Great, and I Am Small: A Bug's Prayer for Mindfulness
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    Bradley Trevor Greive

    Bradley Trevor Greive became a publishing sensation after the release of The Blue Day Book in 2000. He has since sold more than 25 million books in over a hundred countries. In 2014 he was awarded the Order of Australia for his service to literature and wildlife conservation.

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      The World Is Great, and I Am Small - Bradley Trevor Greive

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      Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion)

      Other Books by Bradley Trevor Greive

      Penguin the Magpie

      The Blue Day Book

      The Meaning of Life

      A Teaspoon of Courage

      Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats

      Curses and Blessings for All Occasions

      The Book for People Who Do Too Much

      Priceless—The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet

      In Praise of Idleness—A Timeless Essay by Bertrand Russell

      Juvenile Broad-Winged Bush Katydid (Scudderia pistillata)

      Schoenherr’s Blue Weevil (Eupholus schoenherri)

      Dedicated to the memory of

      Dr. Douglas Frew Waterhouse

      (1916–2000)

      A man so beloved and admired that he very nearly made entomology sexy.

      Globe-Bearing Treehopper (Bocydium globulare)

      "If one truly loves nature

      one finds beauty everywhere."

      —Vincent van Gogh

      Lychee Shield Bug (Chrysocoris stolli)

      Preface

      Let me start by confessing that I’m probably not the most religious person you’re ever likely to meet. When I was a little boy, I dreaded going to church. As soon as my tiny buttocks made contact with the unforgiving hardwood pew, my parents would initiate extreme containment measures. My father would sit on the aisle to block my escape route while my mother would hand me pencil and paper, and with a loving/pleading/warning gaze she would ask me to draw an animal species starting with the letter A and continue the exercise for each letter of the alphabet. I took this zoological art task seriously and it usually kept me quiet and still throughout the preacher’s seemingly interminable sermon. But when it didn’t, I would be sent outside to explore the churchyard hedges where I would gleefully stuff cicadas, snails, and lizards into the pockets of my best clothes. I knew I’d be in serious trouble when the church service was over, but it was almost always worth it. To this day, whether I’m tracking brown bears or searching for unusual beetles, I’m always happiest when I’m immersed in nature. It’s little wonder that when deep spiritual matters occupy my thoughts, I have always felt more comfortable in a forest than in a cathedral.

      Darkling Beetle (Strongylium cupripenne)

      In my mind, God is Nature. If

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