1.Nature is beautiful
Spending time in nature is linked to both cognitive benefits and improvements in mood, mental health and emotional well-being. Feeling connected to nature can produce similar benefits to well-being, regardless of how much time one spends outdoors.
2.Nature Brings Us To Our Senses
One of the unique things about nature is that it pulls us into experiencing sensory awareness, rather than being caught up in our thoughts.
When your senses are captivated by the beauty and mystery of a natural setting, it slows all the noise of mental chatter that normally clogs up our attention.
3.Nature Makes You Smarter
One of the unique things about nature is that it pulls us into experiencing sensory awareness, rather than being caught up in our thoughts.
When your senses are captivated by the beauty and mystery of a natural setting, it slows all the noise of mental chatter that normally clogs up our attention.
4.You Get To Solve Cool Mysteries
Everyone loves a good mystery right?
Humans are naturally drawn to mysteries because we’re innately curious beings with the insatiable urge to explore & discover.
When we get into nature, suddenly we find a magical world filled with exciting opportunities to have thrilling adventures.
5.Nature Is Incredibly Fun
Everyone loves having fun and one thing I’ve learned is that nature really does have something fun for everyone.
For many people, their love of nature is just a childhood memory of long summer days at the farm catching frogs and playing robin hood in the forest.
6.Nature Feeds Us
It doesn’t matter if you’re an omnivore, carnivore, vegetarian or vegan… if it weren’t for nature, you wouldn’t have food.
Think about that for a moment…
When is the last time you stopped to really appreciate this most basic necessity that nature provides so abundantly?
We get so much pleasure and enjoyment from eating food. It’s an opportunity to socialize and rebuild our physical, mental & emotional strength for life.
7.Nature Helps Us Feel Wild Again
Somewhere deep inside the DNA of every human being is the memory of long ago when all people were truly wild.
It’s a bit funny to think of modern humans as like domesticated animals, but it actually is a fairly accurate comparison.
Our gradual innovation over thousands of years has created lifestyles of incredible comfort for much of the world’s population.
8.Wild Animals Are Amazing
There’s almost nothing in the world that can stimulate awareness and get your heart thumping like a close encounter with a truly wild animal.
I learned this first hand one day when a family of cougars walked around me while I was sitting outside doing my daily sensory awareness exercises.
At the time this experience was incredibly scary, but it also remains to this day one of the most inspirational and impactful moments of my life.
9.Nature Boosts Creativity
Since the dawn of time, humans have been inspired to the heights of creativity & innovation by spending quality time close to nature.
Scientists, philosophers, artists & social leaders have wandered forests and hills looking for those special moments of clarity when inspiration hits and brings insight to how we see the world.
This is something that happens for everyone who spends enough time outside in nature with the intention to evolve their understanding of life.
10.Nature Brings Inner Peace
it’s sitting quietly on the pond edge at first light, hearing frogs calling and gently filling the air with their songs as the sky turns to day and lighting the trees up with the fiery morning sunrise.
11.Nature Makes Us Happy
Spending time in nature is linked to both cognitive benefits and improvements in mood, mental health and emotional well-being. Feeling connected to nature can produce similar benefits to well-being, regardless of how much time one spends outdoors.
12.Nature is colorful
The colors! Nature is amazing when it comes to colors.
13.Nature brings love into our lives
Nature teaches us harsh lessons, but can also be loving.
14.Nature is relaxing
he sound of birds, the silence of winter, or the waves are amazing. You feel relaxed as you enjoy these.
15.Nature makes us better
There are a lot of things to be learned from nature. By learning as many things as we can, we transform ourselves into better people.
