Day 20: 28 Day Happiness Challenge


Spend some time in nature.  Spring is coming, the temperature is rising and snow is beginning to melt.  Now is a great time to get out in nature.  Go for your walk outside through a forest or park, go to the beach or sit in your backyard and listen to the birds.  Have a spring gathering with a bonfire or make reservations to go camping. Nature is a reset button for the body, a way to turn your brain off and on again when it is on the fritz.  It restores neural pathways in the body and brain making it easier to think, breathe, and overall function.  If it is warm enough, walk barefoot.  Electrons from the ground transfer to your body and you essentially become grounded with the earth.  Take time to listen to the sounds around you, watch the wind move through the branches and leaves, feel the grass under foot and hug a tree.  The more time you can spend quiet in nature the more health benefits, both physical and mental you will receive.  Look at nature as if it is the first time you’ve see it, through a child’s eyes.  Once, when I was on a walk with my then 1 year old daughter, we stopped ever few feet to look at something on the ground, a flower, a bug, a leaf, it didn’t matter, each stop was just as important as the last in her eyes. For this challenge, try and spend a little time outside each day and appreciate what nature has to offer.

Peace, Love and Gratitude

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