What do you do for release when life gets tough? Sometimes, life can seem like it just gets in the way of you being able to enjoy it. Yes, it happens to me as well. It’s not always easy. It’s not always sunshine and rainbows. Nature can help.
We all have those tough moments that seem to stretch your patience, grab a hold of your feelings with the grip of a grizzly, and really test your ability to cope with the giant, dark storms that life can throw at you at any moment. This is just part of being human, and it’s how we subsist and manage during these times that define us.
It’s during times like these that I turn to nature and take an opportunity to just step away from the situation. Nature helps me to release the pressures that are weighing me down and allows me time to breathe and put things in perspective. Nature is my psychiatrist or therapist, so to say, and nature therapy does wonders for me.
There’s a spot in the Shenandoah Valley, on Passage Creek. No cell phone service, usually no humans. Plenty of quiet except the water running over the rocks, the wind whipping through the valley, and bird activity everywhere! Mushrooms wanting to be found, wildflowers waiting to be noticed, frogs and trout competing for my attention, who has time to worry or think about anything else? Mind literally gets lost here, I love to bring my camera, sometimes not, sometimes journal, sometimes not, I just let the creek define the day.
Ricki, that’s what I’m talking about. I love it, and I love how you explain it with such detail. I can tell that you picked up what I was puttin’ down. That spot that takes you to another world and allows you to zen out and away from all your worries.