Ok guys, so this may sound weird, but I’m going for it. I felt a little down in the dumps today (perks of being bipolar) and was thinking about self harming when I just walked outside and felt the breeze on my skin and rays of sunlight kissing my face- I could almost feel Fall hanging in the air. I swear I was just there; I was just a moment in the day in the life of the world and it was good. I glanced towards the sky and the clouds… have I ever seen anything so beautiful? The shades of blues and creams and grays mixed with the shapes of whatever your imagination can conjure- breathtaking. I felt whole for the first time since… since I cannot even remember. Nature can do that to you; make you feel as though you are a part of something ancient and sacred: Life! Promise me, those of you who are desiring to take your lives, to step outside and if only for the last time feel Nature’s fingers in your hair and her breath on your lips and her light in your eyes. If only for one last time, know you are part of Life, and that you are both young and ancient and scattered and whole as it is. Good luck with happiness my loves.
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I remember that a couple years ago i made it a habit to go and have a walk surrounded by nature. It is relaxing and it gives you some sort of energy that you just can’t explain. Kinda similar to the feeling i get when i wake up really early and even if there is daylight, there’s actually no one walking around (rare, but happens). Guess i’ll take one of those walks again when i have time.
Getting back to Nature is a way of getting back to your real self.
Nature can indeed have this wonderful effect. Some of the worst days of my life have been cured by going to sit by the river and watching the water go past. Most people don’t need some unproven psychoactive drug, they need to get out in nature. These urban environments and unnatural lives we live cause the depression.
I can’t express how strongly I agree with your last statement. I don’t think there’s really been a mass realisation of quite how severely modern ways of living affect us.
You’re completely right about nature. Completely right. I feel the same way; it makes me feel like I’m part of something sacred, and that we’re all one somehow.