Nature

I spent thirty minutes sitting outside, by myself with no distractions. There was absolutely nothing that could take my mind away from nature, no companionship, no technology, and no distractions of any kind. While sitting outside I used a pen and paper to take notes of the certain things that caught my attention, and anything that appealed to my five senses. While sitting, the wind was the first thing I felt, it was a bit breezy and I could feel the wind in my hair. When closing my eyes I could also hear the wind moving the trees in my backyard, the leaves when touching each other would make a distinct noise. When sitting alone and not speaking to someone, just being there by yourself you hear things that you probably would not before. I heard the cars as they would drive by my house, the birds chirping, and people walking past my house and speaking to one another. When sitting in the company of nature you realize there is so much more to it then you ever thought, and that there was so much you had not noticed because of the lack of alone time with nature itself. Nature and its beauty had not caught my eye like it did, before this assignment. I knew of nature and the beauty it had, but when you spend time alone in nature with nothing to distract you from it, that is when you realize its true beauty, and all that it has to offer. When sitting in nature alone, with nothing to distract me I felt a sense of peace and felt calm. At that moment I had nothing to worry about, nothing but nature was on my mind, I was calm, peaceful, and the stress just flew out the window. I knew from that moment on what nature had the power to do, it had the power to relinquish me from stress, take away my worries, and for even just thirty minutes made me feel at peace with the world and life. All of the sounds and breathtaking things I saw when in the company of nature, that I had not seen before due to distractions in the world I saw today, and it made me realize that nature can add peace and solitude to one's life. Nature for that short period of time made me feel peace in this hectic thing we call life.