Journal #17 Time I Bonded With Nature

One time last summer Emily and I went camping with a group of her friends from college. I cannot honestly think of another time when I spent that much time outside bonding with nature. Everything that we did was outside because we were in the middle of freaking nowhere. I kind of enjoyed myself that weekend and I kind of felt that I was one with nature.  Each night we would lay on the concrete and watch the stars. There is just something about looking at the stars that makes me kind of get the chills. Its so cool to think that we can see something that is hundreds of thousands of miles away. we slept in a tent out in the middle of the woods and it was really tight with five or six people in one tent. Anyway, when I think of nature  I always think of that weekend of camping. Another thing that makes me think of nature is when we rake the leaves in the fall. I actually love nature and being outside in the spring. I think that nature would be much more involved in my life if  I wasn't so busy. I think that you should be sure to have nature in your life because it is really peaceful. There is something about nature that is really peaceful and relaxing. I just think that because of how natural nature is it makes you feel really relaxed and soothed. I do have an app on my phone that is nature sounds. I use it most of the time when I am really stressed out or I cannot sleep. I really like the sound of the thunderstorm sound on the app because it sounds so real. I like the sound of rain in the morning when I am sleeping and when it is still kind of dark outside. Those are the absolute best days to sleep in. I really like nature and we are really lucky to have a nice and moderate climate and environment in central Illinois.