Solace, inspiration, adventure
Jeff and Matt stroll along the water’s edge at Acadia National Park, Maine, in September 2007
“Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.” — Lorraine Anderson
Whatever may be bugging you, I’ll bet it would be eased somewhat if you could manage a few moments to get away to a place without electronics, cars, concrete or advertising. A vacation to a gorgeous national or state park may not be possible (although I highly recommend saving and planning for one as soon as you can) but surely you are near a spot of green somewhere. A city park, a back yard, a pasture or forest, anywhere you can close your eyes and listen to birds and breezes, or open them and see grass, sand, trees or sky.
If you don’t have more than five minutes to spare today, do an online search for beautiful photos of nature. You’re likely to come up with some pretty scenes, many of which may be set to music in an online slide show designed to give people a quick nature fix. There is no more agreeable home, teacher or companion than God’s beautiful creation. I hope you will enjoy at least a few minutes of it today!
This post was originally published seven years ago today. The original post, comments and photo are linked, along with two other related posts, below. These links to related posts, and their thumbnail photos, do not appear in the blog feed; they are only visible when viewing the individual posts by clicking on each one. I have no idea why, nor do I know how they choose the related posts. That’s just the way WordPress does things.
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