Every time I walk to and from work I'm fortune enough to be able to walk through a mini Nature reserve which I absolutely love. It's like instantly escaping the bull shit and soothes the soul. Every time I walk through here I've noticed people will not avoid eye contact, they're in fact more then happy to wish you a good morning or evening, and you regularly end up having conversations with them because I can tell like me they're feeling relaxed, and that shield that goes up when you step out the door, is not needed when surrounded by such beauty.
As I pounder this as I step out of the nature reserve and onto the cold miserable concrete walkway that line our streets, I find myself thinking why is this? why can't we be so forthcoming and open when we're out in the concrete jungle, why do we appear to be so full of hate and irritation while walking down the street compared to when we walk through nature?
And within maybe 10 seconds of being in the concrete jungle my heart and mind are filled with rage as I notice a driver completely ignoring the road and surroundings as she uses her mobile phone, and I find myself thinking 'What a fucking dick!!!!' Which made me realise it doesn't even matter if you want to say hello to someone or exchange a smile. We are hard wired to hate our surrounding and I think it's because deep down we know this is not a good way to live.
We crave grass, fresh air, tall trees and beautiful flowers, because we are designed to be in that world. We created the concrete jungles, hiding ourselves away from true reality, and the longer we stay detached from nature the more irritated we get. Or maybe that's just me, because I feel so incredibly happy and peaceful when I've spent even 10 minutes away from viewing concrete, steel, plastic ect, Even thinking about these things makes my heart feel heavy. I know you may be thinking 'fucking hippy' ^.~ but I just can't help but feel all our hearts crave what we should have rather then what we have been brought up in.
So maybe try it one day, when you feel low or stressed and that everything feels a bit too much, go take a walk through nature and see how you feel. Let me know if it's not just me.
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