The Power Of Mother Earth

Isle of Seil

     

      There is true power in Nature. I never considered myself an outdoorsy person. Fresh air scared me. Nature is too unpredictable for me to feel comfortable surrounded by the things that make it alive. I found it beautiful and wonderful and loved watching National Geographic, but I don't think I ever appreciated how amazing and transformative it could be. Until this year, until Scotland.

Glen Coe

 

     Scotland is known for its amazing natural beauty and landscapes and being new to the country, I jumped at the opportunity to see them and explore them. And it was incredible. Awe inspiring.         Moving. And I got it. I understand why so many people take refuge in Nature when they need comfort, when they need peace, when they need safety and answers. Surrounded by mountains, lakes, in rocky beaches and grey seas, you realise there are things so much greater than you. That the world is so much bigger than you can imagine it at one specific moment. That life is made up of small moments that intertwine themselves together to form the big picture, that all the small moments need each other to propel your life forward, the same way an ecosystem is made up of small and equally necessary parts.

     Being confronted by how vast a lake can be or how far a mountain can reach, can put your life into perspective, can make your sadness feel smaller and less significant, while not making you feel smaller, by making feel like you belong - like you belong to something that is alive and ever changing, regardless of you. That things are born and die and the world keeps spinning, even when you feel frozen. It can knock you off your feet, to be in the presence of things so great and wide that you'll never fully wrap your mind around their existence and their physicality and that can be incredibly liberating, letting go of the control of comprehending and understanding. Accepting that life exists and you exist with it, just by breathing and being in the same space as all these wonderful events and changes. Take time to breathe it in, to enjoy it, to be in the moment, to look around and absorb the life that surrounds you, to nurture your own ecosystems. The world keeps spinning. 

One of my favourite places - Loch Ness