When I am going through my most painful times, I run to the woods. I run to nature. My house is filled with flowers. I do one hour nature walks every day when I’m going through my most difficult times, because sometimes when I’m going through the hardest times, I don’t feel like doing the run. It’s a soft time of life. It’s a subtle time of life. I’ve learned to be gentle with myself even though I am an A-player.
And so the nature allows me to commune with the beauty of life. And I walk and I breathe. What does breathing do to move you through the fear of frightening times? What does that do to your neurobiology? So communing with nature is a great tool when you’re going
through your most difficult time. It allows you to think, it allows you to perspective. That word
perspective. You know what? This won’t matter two years from now. You know what? It’s going to serve me. You know what? I have a million blessings and I’m focusing on the five difficult things right now.
Perspective comes from communing with nature. And actually here’s what I really want to say to you. You are part of a larger cosmos whether you know it or not, and communing with nature allows you not to see the bars of the prison cell, but the stars of the universe. And if you can connect with those every day, my dear friend, you will use your pain as an instrument for your greatest growth.