Nature’s Respite
What do you do when your head hurts? No, I don’t mean when you
have a migraine or a headache from the lack of sleep; I mean when your
brain hurts. What do you do when your brain feels like a muscle
you’ve been working all day, considering this problem, mulling over
that one, trying to find the best solution to every questionable aspect
of your life? Perhaps at the end of the day you can push the
thoughts aside. Have you ever been successful in clearing your
mind, but then, when you watch the news, you are transported into the
bigger picture of the community, the country, and the world? Does
your head hurt even more?
In the hectic schedules of work, school, and home, we need a to make
the time to take a break -- a refreshing -- from the thoughts that
bombard our minds throughout the day. If you live in the country,
it’s easy to find a respite outdoors, sitting in the shade of a large
tree with only the sound of nature in your ears. In the city it’s
a little more difficult to find that peace, which is probably the
reason CD’s of birds singing and waves rolling in have done well on the
market. Something about nature provides us with that time
of renewal each of us requires from time to time, separating us briefly
from the busyness of life so we can move forward again.
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