June Blogging Challenge Day 10

What is nature to you?

Mostly it's diversity. There is so much to the natural world that is beautiful and inspirational. Yes, nature can be cold, harsh, and violent. But even in the winter where everything is covered in snow and the trees have no leaves, the world is stunning to look at.

A sunset or a sunrise can be so inspirational, and give you strength when you are down. To see a bird fly is to marvel in the majestic manner of flight and the dream of being able to fly. A flower is art that we can only come close to preproducing - even a photo of a flower falls short of it's glory.

Lastly, it's not made by human hands. Most of the things in our society are cold, harsh and not at all welcoming. We build buildings that look like giant tombs to house manufacturing. We put up mile after mile of the same house, until you feel there is no individuality left in us, and we are lost to the vast machine that swallows' our souls and our minds. Have you noticed, depression is vastly more common in a city than it is for people who live among nature?

Nature is the hand the the creator. The human world is the hand of greed and loathing. We have, for the most part, lost out connection with nature. Most people can walk past a flower, or drive past a field of tall grass angulating in the wind, and not even know it's there.