What is

What is nature, really?
What does it mean to escape to it?
The human being is confined in many ways.
Within
buildings
cars
airplanes
classrooms
we are categorized by
fields of study
ethnicity
birthplace
and philosophy
So many factors seek not merely to confine
but define us
At the end of the day,
What defines me?
Is it the clothing I wear?
the food I eat?
The people I interact with?
Or ultimately,
the things I say and do
the attitude I have?

A wise man once said,
"perspective is everything.
You can look at things as predicaments
or opportunities."

Getting back to my first question-
I think the answer is that nature is
the biggest opportunity of all.
but at the same time,
it is the largest predicament to those
without vision
It takes great stewardship to see how
our interaction with nature will ultimately
draw us out of the confines we have created
and into the beauty of things.