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When We Mimic Nature – We Become One With Our Surroundings

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Nature is one of the best teachers to help us through life. The simple balance of everything coexisting and functioning together makes it easy to recognize that there can be lessons found outdoors. Whether we look to individual aspects of nature or the entire ecosystem, we can lean on Mother Nature to teach us valuable life lessons.

Practice patience

For instance, look at the life cycle of a tree. The process of growing from a tiny seed into a huge, leafy adult tree takes hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. What a perfect representation of patience. General Sherman, the largest tree in the world, is a fantastic example of patience. Located in Sequoia National Park, near Visalia, California, the tree is 275 feet tall and almost 52,513 cubic feet. It takes thousands of years for a tree to grow that tall. The oldest tree in the world, Pinus Longaeva, is believed to be 4,844 years old, which makes the tree one of the oldest growing things on earth. Imagine the amount of changes this tree has had to endure in order to stand tall today.

The same goes for humans. Each new experience brings a new outcome in our lives, but we have to learn to weather the hard times in order to stand tall and make it through to the next bright sunny day.

The trees grow tall into the sky reaching their branches up towards the sunlight to allow the shadows to fall below them. When we find ourselves in a difficult situation all we have to do is turn our heads up to the bright sky and let the sunlight fall onto our faces, allowing the fears and worries to fall behind us like the shadows of the trees.

Be Present

I’ve learned that the trick to enjoying life is to experience it fully, which means just like the tree that weathers the elements, we must learn to live through, accept, and appreciate the tough times as well as the good times. The tree endures everything from the natural weather patterns of earth to the evolution of society; a tree is a survivor and a wise source of inspiration. The power of patience is immense, especially when we want to create a fulfilling life.

The saying “all good things come to those who wait” may be a cliché, but it is true. When we wait for things we want we often feel more gratitude when we receive them. We feel more abundant after waiting or working hard towards something.

There are two parts to being patient. There is the waiting aspect, and then there is the most important part, the knowing part. Most people don’t ever get to or understand the power of knowing, rather “trusting” the process. When we are truly patient we can afford to wait without worry because we know that the outcome will be in our favor.

We All Need More Water

Nature can only thrive when it gets a lot of water. Same goes for humans and pretty much every other living species.  Water is more important for your body’s survival than food. You can live without water for approximately one week, but you can survive without food for more than a month. Lack of water, or dehydration, reduces the amount of blood in your body, forcing your heart to pump harder in order to deliver oxygen-bearing cells to your muscles. Bottom line, your body can not survive without water, same goes for most every species in nature.

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