"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn." - John Muir
I'm the happiest in wilderness and mountains. In nature. That's where I belong. Someone once told me that there is too much brain activity and thinking going on in crowds and cities, which disturbs your own energy field. I can see that. I think I'm quite sensitive to these energies. Before this particular hike I hadn't been up in the alpine for couple of weeks, and I really felt under the weather. A fall cold had hit me, and work had been very stressful with a lot of pressure. I felt out of balance. But as soon I was surrounded by the large powerful coastal mountains, it feel like they absorbed all negative energy and replaced it with calm and peacefulness.
Nature always has this effect on me. And most people I believe. We need to get out there and explore, meditate, activate our bodies, shut off these over-thinking brain of ours, breathe, be present. I believe that living a life close with nature will make us all happier and more balanced.
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Location: Joffre Lakes & Matier Glacier; Pemberton, BC
