What Does Nature do for you?

Nature speaks to me…. It inspires me… Nature teaches me…To be calm and mellow, to slow down, relax and enjoy what’s happening around me. 

Falling in love with nature was so hard for me to do when I was a kid; I spent my childhood watching movies, burying my face in a great novel and playing with my paper dolls. My imagination was always running wild and my creative juices were flowing. While I still have my creative side, as an adult woman I have definitely fallen in love with nature.

I fell in love with palm trees and cacti over a decade ago; but it wasn’t until my recent holiday travels to Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head, South Carolina that I have developed a great appreciation for the Spanish Moss tree. 

There’s something about the way the moss hangs and blows in the wind that seems therapeutic to me. It’s as if the tree is relieving itself from the stress and negativity in the world by allowing the moss to hang, and eventually fall or blow away just like we should allow our problems to do. 

From this moment on I’m going to be a Spanish Moss tree. Im not going to worry and stress myself out over situations that I cannot control. I’m going to let my problems hang, knowing that in time they’ll fall or blow away so that I can start fresh and new.