Personal Narrative-Drowning Into Natural World

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Drowning into Natural World People think about their past, present and future every second of their life. They decide whatever is the best for themselves, and they move on with decisions they have made. The process of making that settlement is the hardest part because little do we know about our future. However, we make our own destiny by decisions we have made in the past. Walking into a trail and mountain has always helped me to think about everything widely open. In other words, I have started experiencing that feeling since I was only three years old. My father used to wake me up at 5 in the morning once a month, to go hiking with him and he kept saying “being in the natural world is crucial.” He is an artist and he sees the world in an artistic way; nevertheless, walking into trail was feeling of freedom and peace. People walk miles and as much tired as they get, they never forget to say “hello, good morning”. …show more content…
That is why I went to my father and asked him to tell me the first thing that pops into his head when he listens the word “nature” and of course it was the same first word as I thought about- Relaxing! By the time you start hiking, you forget about everything that has been bothering you. You just want to look at beauty of the nature and try to realize how all of this happened. In the first chapters of the book, A walk in the Woods, Katz and Bryson were nagging about their heavy bags. It made Katz throw away some of their foods and supplies. Furthermore, it was like carrying a child on your shoulders, which is fun for the first couple of minutes and it starts to get annoying (Bryson 37). On the other hand, it made them do whatever was the best for them. When they arrive at Gatlinburg, Katz needs to buy bootlaces so they go to an outfitter where Bryson realizes they have only walked two inches of the trail according to the map on the wall. Bryson goes to

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