The Peace of Wild Things

I feel Wendell Berry's experience, and have my whole life. Deeply. 

This feeling is why being in nature has been my number one priority since I was old enough to get out there.

Now, I feel this every single time I go into the backyard woods and hike down to the rushing waters of the brook below.

So soothing. Nowhere do I feel better, except maybe in Linda's arms.

For fast acting relief of whatever ails you, I highly recommend this peaceful activity (nature, and hugs). 

But you don't have to trust me. The Science™ backs me up - nature exposure is essential for human health and well-being.

Now, I turn it over to Berry's beautiful words of truth (which I have posted before, but feel strongly about posting again).

"When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” 

Oh, that momentary feeling of being free. Try it. You'll like it, I am sure.

Make 2023 the year you connect (or reconnect) with nature.

You will not be disappointed.