Georgia Guide Stones

Sunday was overcast, too gloomy to stay home and a holiday to boot.  I put on my discovery shoes and hit the road.  I wanted to look for flowers and signs of spring...we had snow this week and I am very tired of winter.  

We headed south on Highway 11 to I-85, and then took the 1st exit in Georgia.  We went to Hartwell and saw a cross made of flowers...a very different Easter cross.  

We then went Elberton where we found the Georgia Guide Stones. The tablets contain the following instructions in multiple languages:

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
    
    Not really sure why it was put here, but we really enjoyed finding it and will return on a sunny day to see the sun shine through the different holes in the structure.
    
    When you have a day to relax and open your mind to discovery, make a trip to the Georgia Guide Stone.

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