We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing.*
Seneca
The natural world delicately captures our attention with artefacts such as big trees, intricate plants, and small animals…It allows the neural resources that guide our voluntary attention to recharge.**
Ethan Kross
Whether we recognise it
or not,
Outdoors acts upon us
in many positive ways.
I spent yesterday indoors,
And today I must
get out into a bigger,
Less demanding, quieter world.
I have realised
for many years how
“I need a day with fields in it”^–
I-Thou.
Though today’s walk
won’t be through Country,
It will have Big Sky and Budding Trees
greeting me again and again.
*Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic;
**Ethan Kross’ Chatter;
^A phrase I found myself saying over many years.
THIN|SILENCE 