They were cold and wet and kind of hurting my feet anyways. It's about 45 degrees and rainy here today (blegh). As I was walking on the cold, wet pavement, I thought "When was the last time I took my shoes off except in my dorm room? I used to love walking around barefoot!"
Then it hit me. This idea of separation from the natural world. For those of you who didn't take a philosophy midterm today- what's that? NONE of you did? Oh.- cynicism in Greek philosophy was the idea of getting back to nature. It must have been brewing in the back of my brain because I began considering how far away we are from the environment.
*According to my Writing for Results course, it's okay to use "you" if used sparingly and in something non-formal. Guess what, this is non formal and I plan to use "you" excessively.* #soHA!
We drive everywhere. Yes, I walk across campus but going anywhere off campus means I'm getting in my car. The windows are up, the music is likely on, probably sunglasses on, and you are completely blocked off from the sounds around you. It has happened to me before that I have to turn my music down to hear a siren. That's no good.
When I do walk, sometimes I listen to my iPod, especially when it's across campus. I'm not listening to the sounds around me. I usually walk with my head down out of habit. I wear layers of clothes. I wear shoes on my feet.
I am blocking myself off from as much as I can.
I'm not suggesting you walk around naked or that you walk 50 miles to your office every day, just that you make a more conscious effort to be apart of the Earth that God has created and given to us. How can you know what will be best for the earth if you don't even know it, if you never spend time with it?
That was a little Pocahontas-y, but I hope you catch my drift.
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| I miss this movie. I should watch it. Sometimes I sing the songs from it but I don't know them too well. |
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