In 1984, renowned scientist, E.O. Wilson created the biophilia hypothesis which suggested that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. This desire to want to connect with nature has been part of us since the beginning of time, and nature looms large in the cultural traditions and religions of the world.
From my experience, the beauty of nature can fill us with awe, renewal, and perspective. When we witness the fall migration of the monarch butterflies, the gold finches eating the dried seed heads of the purple cone flowers, or the turning of the green leaves to gold and red, we come to realize that being in nature is essential to our well-being. It feels us up in a way that is unique and powerful.
“I’ve long believed that the essence of our primal relationship with nature is poetry - the joy, the wonder, the intangible benefits, the awesome diversity of all life forms with whom we share this planet,” writes Carter Roberts, President & CEO of the World Wildlife Fund- US. For me, just being in nature is an extended experience of poetic and beneficial.
As we work on our 2024 plans and goals, we need to stop occasionally and go take a walk in nature. As we do this, we will realize that planning can be an exercise where we intellectualize everything and anything. It can be all head and no heart.
However, great breakthroughs can happen when we take extended times in the silence of nature. For it is here that we learn that we are not in control of everything and the verbal and written word can not capture the totality of change on all levels. Sometimes we have to remember that the miracles of life abound and that the natural world is greater than our plans. Nature is part of a much larger and longer cycle of life.
This week, take time to walk in nature and remember the joy, the wonder, and the awesome diversity of all life forms with whom we share this planet. Then, create a plan for 2024 which gives life to all involved and generates tangible and intangible benefits. And along the way, rediscover the miracles that happening all around you in the nature world.
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