Thursday, October 24, 2024

Nature's Medicine


This year, it seems, has been one of upheavels of all kinds and anger.  There is so much going on between cruel and bullying attacks during a presidential election, people turning against each other over so many things.  I rarely turn on the news anymore, only watching local news for the weather.  Yesterday I decided that I needed to be part of something that never changes.  Something that comes at the same time each year without fail.  I went out for a walk on my road and immersed myself in Autumn. I walked down my dirt road and looked at the trees covered in their Autumn colors of red, gold and green.  I felt the chill of the changing temperature fill my lungs.  I watched and listened as a flock of geese in "V" formation flew across the blue sky toward their winter home south.  I enjoyed the quite solitude that comes when one lets the world of nature push away the "noise" of 2024.
I eventually had to come home from my walk; but for one brief hour, it was good to be surrounded by something that had not been changed because of the self-centered meanness of others.  I am certain I will take many of these walks in the future, if only to remind myself that there are things that remain constant in this world.
 

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