My Nature Essay

"But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars." Ralph Emerson made this simple statement and I agree a hundred percent. Nature is an outlet of peace and serenity if you just take the time to breathe it in. Have you ever just laid in the grass and stared at the clouds above, its like a cold drink on an August afternoon, refreshing and needed but not well appreciated. Life is fast pace, hectic, and always changing, but nature although always changing is peaceful and calming. Emerson and Thoreau have the basic philosophies about the importance of nature. Nature is something that can be a wonderful part of your life or just part of it with no true relevance to who you are. But whether we admit it or not we are all connected to nature. For instance, just about everyone I know has a favorite place to be and nine times out of ten they will relate some of the reasons they love that place to nature. I have a love for the beach because there's nothing I like better than to have the sand between my toes and the salty ocean wind blowing through my hair. Its a layed back place where you can be as you are and those are my reasons for loving it there.
Nature is a place of free thought and self reliance as believed by Emerson and Thoreau. I have had personal experience with this. You see I love my front porch swing, its where I go and sit just to think and a lot of times for no reason at all other than just because. In my yard there are trees, and birds the usual nature stuff. The kind of things you see in the south. In fact we even have a creek right down the road and its absolutely beautiful. All of these things create an atmosphere where its almost like time stands still, and I can just think and be to myself needing nothing from anyone else. Here is where I find strength and knowledge. Every time sit out there alone with nothing to think about but maybe the song that's stuck in my head I always feel like I find out a little bit more about who I am. "To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society." Emerson couldn't have said it better. Going out into nature alone gives you more of a sense of who you are and what you want to become, and once you get out there and just sit for a few minutes its not hard to forget everything that ails you and just be as you are. Its a place of new found confidence because there is no rejection and no judgement. You can be anyone or anything and its still okay. In my experience nature gives freedom with absolutely NO limitations! "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what if had to teach, and not when I came to die and discover that I had not lived." (Thoreau) It truly changes you and in my opinion helps you to become a more well-rounded person because it gives you the peace to clearly think about the different aspects of your life. As fast pace people we tend to focus on certain assets of our life and leave the other ones out to dry. This is also part of the reason that some people are faced with regret when they look back on their lives. because they feel they only have one thing to show for it. Whatever they focused on is who they are but they know they wanted more than that all though they neglected the other aspects of their lives. Ive found if I just slow down and breathe for a few minutes and take my time on decisions I make and the things I want to do I end up much happier with the result and nature has been a big part of helping me do that. Sometimes when I'm over whelmed I just go outside and sit, clear my head, and then its when I make my best decisions whether its about what I need to do that weekend or what college I want to go to, the peace and serenity of nature is part of the reason for my contentness of my decisions. Your not promised tomorrow so make the best of today and go outside a sit on your front porch and just think, trust me you'll be glad you did.
All in all, no ones life turns out the same, there is no rule or rhyme to it. Some people will find outlets in botox and chemical peels things of this time. Although, there will always be those people who find their outlet in nature, they maybe just a little old fashioned but its who they are and that's okay. If you've never tried just siting in the grass and breathing in who you are, I suggest you try it, you have nothing to loose other than a few minutes so just try it. More than likely I think you'll figure something out you wish you had found sooner. Life is full of twists and turns and no one knows exactly where their road is going to lead, so buckle up and hold on tight because its going to be a wild ride.