Relief From Nature: Henry David Thoreau

Relief from Nature “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail…..Simplify, simplify…..”-Henry David Thoreau, Walden. If we learn to take time out of our busy life to just sit and soak in what nature has to offer, we can learn different things about ourselves and about nature itself. In my experience of taking time to enjoy nature I learned about the sight, smell, and sound of nature but, I also learned about the different feelings that nature can give you. My sight of nature was an area that was a “wild” area that was sun drenched, wind-swept, and undulating with the view of the snow capped mountains in the background with the sky a beautiful blue. People lived on the outskirts of this area so it was not completely deserted of people, it was an open area where the sun and the wind hit it nicely, and the hills/slopes that covered the area looked like waves in the ocean. While sitting and taking in the sight I had the feeling of being calm like all the stress I felt just melted away and I was left with this feeling of not having to worry about …show more content…
Being able to have the feeling that no else is around and that you are in your own world gives you time to think through things in your life and give you time to really enjoy what nature has to offer. Smelling the flowery, piney, sweet scent that surrounded me gave me a feeling of home, a feeling of calmness from the world around me, and a sense of security of everything is perfect in life at that moment in time. “Nature never wears a mean appearance.” This quote helps describe the way I felt while in nature because having a sense of security means that I feel safe with where I am at and the quote is saying that nature has an appearance that is comforting and