It is not just humans who tell stories. The annual migration of herring up the Mystic River, Massachusetts, tells a story about resilience, persistence and trust in intuition. An ancient wisdom arises from the soft splashes and flickers of silvery blue gray, it is the landscape speaking reminding us to persist amidst challenges. In the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer, ethnobotanist and bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, “The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.”