I’VE MENTIONED THIS IN ANOTHER POST NOW, BUT BEING IN NATURE IS ONE OF IF NOT THE BEST WAYS YOU CAN VIBE.

ITS NOT EVEN THAT DIFFICULT TO GO OUTSIDE AND BE IN NATURE, ESPECIALLY IN UTAH WHERE HALF OF US LIVE IN OR ON THE MOUNTAINS.

NATURE IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT THOUGH. EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT NATURE IS GREAT, BUT NO ONE CAN AGREE ON WHICH KIND IS BEST. YOU’VE GOT TOWERING MOUNTAINS, THICK, DENSE FORESTS, BEACHES FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, PRAIRIES WHERE THE GRASS IS AS TALL AS YOU, LAKES THAT CAN FREEZE OVER 5 FEET THICK. EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITE.

IF ASKED TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT MY NATURE NICHE, I’D IMMEDIATELY HAVE MEMORIES BACK TO BEING A KID AT MY GRANDPARENTS HOUSE ON A LITTLE ISLAND IN KITTERY, MAINE, ON THE GREY BEACH WHERE THERE ARE CRAB AND CLAM SHELLS AS WELL AS PERFECT STONES FOR SKIPPING ALIKE. THE GIANT PINES BEHIND ME AND THE CALM OCEAN IN FRONT OF ME, AND ANOTHER ISLAND JUST TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY WALK TO WHEN THE TIDE WAS LOW. THE SOUNDS OF SEAGULLS AND WAVES HITTING THE SIDE OF THE DOCKED BOATS, AS WELL AS THE CLANKING OF MACHINERY OF THE AIR FORCE ACROSS THE WATER, THE SMELL OF THE PINES MIXING WITH THE SEAWATER, ALL WHILE ITS LIGHTLY SPRINKLING ON AN OVERCAST DAY.

TO ME THATS WHAT NATURE IS. A CACOPHONY OF SOUNDS AND SMELLS AND SIGHTS, THAT JUST ALL HIT MY SENSES IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY. SOMETIMES I FELT I COULD ALMOST CRY, BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT, EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED PERFECT. IN THAT MOMENT I FELT THAT NOTHING IN THE WORLD COULD POSSIBLY BE BAD, AS LONG AS I STAYED RIGHT THERE.

THAT’S MY NICHE, AND I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.