The Fundamental Connection to Nature

by Dr Robert Muller, Medium: https://medium.com/@DrRobertMuller/the-fundamental-connection-to-nature-e96cdb2886e4

So … we have moved so far from nature — or have we?

I mean, I’m not a spiritual guy. I don’t believe in any higher being, and I certainly don’t believe God or any such concept. And yet … I walk into the forest and I feel peace. Let me fill you in.

I work from home — my work is in community building and education, but when I want inspiration, I head for the forest which is within a ten minute drive of my home.

(Image by Dr Robert Muller)

Give me the blue sky, the animals running free, the beautiful thick vegetation — even if I’m not trying to create ideas, they come to me when I’m out here.

(Image by Dr Robert Muller)

My local forest is a haven. It’s a sizeable wilderness area in the foothills on the edge of a city of 1.2 million people. When life gets too hectic, I drive into the forest where my shoulders drop, my lungs open, and my frowns just melt away. But … I do this EVERY day — EVERY lunchtime as a break from my work.

This sense of a haven in the midst of the fast pace of modern life — a place where you can be still with your thoughts but still with a feeling of being out there in the world — this is what it’s all about.

(Image by Dr Robert Muller)