2021-036 | ABOUT HUMILITY BEFORE NATURE, PART 2

WISDOM TRAILS: Would you give enough time to smell the flowers? If you are outdoors, take advantage of it by making yourself connected with nature. Do not be greedy with your time and cultivate humility to understand that the landscape is not made for you.

 

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August 6, 2018

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THE LANDSCAPE IS NOT made for you. You are just an intruder; an uninvited guest to the greatest show of Mother Nature. Therefore, the landscape would not entertain your idea of manipulating her to suit your personal agenda. However, the landscape would love you to be part of her and that is where you would really enjoy the big show. 

It is a reality show where you are the presentor, the narrator, the actor and the host. The stage is the outdoors and your freedom of movement and your flexibility to adapt is your script. However, much as we liked to bask in the klieg lights of our minds, arrogance and indifference to nature would shut your understanding of the world before you.

The best time to enjoy nature is to be by yourself. You can fool around with a rhinoceros beetle or a praying mantis or study the different sets of tracks before you once you are connected. The forest will unfold its secrets if you would just shed off your urban smugness and that annoying neon-toned attire.

The idea really is how would you blend with the landscape instead of standing out? Blending is an art. You do not have to be literal in understanding the term and be politically-correct by wearing those ever-present woodland camo suits that you see in YouTube all the time. Just be yourself and do not mind the time.

Nature appreciation is best walked in slow motion, with frequent stops; complete connection, by stooping low or to just kneel on the ground to observe the bustling life below the foliage; and total respect. You would be treading on an environment where you have no control of, yet, by blending, you would find harmony and beauty.

Your smartphone would be your companion in your new-found enthusiasm to the natural beauty and of the unfolding events around you. Document yourself and your discoveries and be like a child again. Humility is the key and that is the only way you can be with nature. For without humility, you can never absorb the essence of the landscape. 

Walk ever so gently so your presence would not startle wildlife, even fellow hikers you come across. Ditch that MP3 from your ears. The only soundtrack you need in this show is nature’s sound. Be aware of life all around you. Do not plug your ears with unnatural sounds else you would miss a lot of events.

Nurture a commitment unto yourself so you would not find yourself hurrying on a trail because you start late. Be on time whether you are with others or alone. If you prefer to start late be prepared to improvise your itinerary but never be in a hurry. Haste makes waste and causes grief to so many.     

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Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.