As I have continued reading Ecotherapy: Healing With Nature In Mind, much of which I have done in a natural setting to better connect with the message of the book, a fair amount of discussion about relationships has been noticed. These involve how people’s relationships are affected by their time spent in natural settings like parks and along the beach. Time in these locations is paramount to any sort of correction scheme that doesn’t account for them.
In one essay called “The Path Of Happiness” by George W. Burns, he points out how many couples develop their relationships in nature, such as by strolling together at the beach, or having a picnic by a stream. He also mentions that continuation of these experiences is required for healthy maintenance of the relationship.
To this message, I would add that it is relevant for others as well. Any person’s development will be lacking in some aspect if they don’t take part in these natural activities. You might end up in a cycle of watching TV shows that is actually rooted in an empty feeling you get when you think of time you should have spent running on a mountain trail.
He followed up this point by saying:
The pleasure of walking beside a babbling stream may help cool the heat of anger by creating experiences of serenity.
We sometimes need to look around our environment to find a local location that we can head to which has natural elements that our minds respond positively to. The value is often waiting for us.
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