Sometimes fences are big deals; other times not so much.
Most fences are physical like the wooden fences around the backyard of our home. Or perhaps they are like the massive fences surrounding the Springhill Institution(Federal Prison), located just on the outskirts of the Town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. In that case, those fences are definitely a big deal.
Or the fence could be like the one shown here. Lynn took a picture of this farm fence back in the early spring of 2017 when we were hiking the Bruce Trail in a section of the Beaver Valley, in Ontario. A simple page-wire fence separating two fields.
Other fences tend to be a little more stable that you can sit on ..................
Source: Google Images
Putting physical fences aside for the moment, the absolute worst types of fences are those artificial ones we create, or others erect for us that keep us emotionally or mentally penned in from living and being all we can be.
Those types of fences are better saved to talk about another day.
Regardless of where you might sit on the "old mental health break fence", or any fence for that matter, we all need to take time out; get off the fences, and take back a level of control of our ever-increasingly insane lives, .....................to recharge our souls.
It doesn't have to be a big re-charging ........... you just need to recharge enough. Although, a big recharging is definitely the goal.
Personally, I think that there can never be enough recharging.
Do we really expect or even believe that our lives or society at large as we know it, will ever become "less insanely busy and hectic" as time marches on? The things that grasp at us trying to steal a chunk of our time; our focus; our attention; our health(both physical and mental) each day; will they stop or at least diminish at some point in the future?
Perhaps. Maybe when we retire; if people are ever able to really retire. The problem is we're living and alive now; today; this upcoming weekend. We're not living 17 years into the future.
So what to do? Most might say, a nice winter vacation to some sunny and hot beach in the south Caribbean would do the trick. It certainly would, but many simply aren't in that position, both time-wise and money-wise to pull that baby off.
So, what about things that are much more realistic and are pretty much right at our back door?
A simple walk at lunchtime on a trail in a local park; a Sunday afternoon hike with the family through a local county forest; a long walk along a refurbished rail trail; or perhaps a snowshoeing or skiing weekend at an easily reachable resort.
I think you get the idea.
Three important words to consider:
Deliberate
Focused
Determined
Three words describe a ton of different life scenarios. Why not use those three words in plans to re-charge yourself with getting outdoors and back into nature?
For most of us, five days a week are spent bending over backward being: Deliberate; Focused, and Determined for our bosses and places of employment. But, not for us.
This weekend is NOW your time to be Deliberate; Focused and Determined to get back into nature; the great outdoors and re-charge those mental health batteries.
Because I can almost guarantee the "less insanely busy and hectic life" ain't happening anytime soon.
Get out there today; this upcoming weekend............ I think we all deserve it.
--as always with love--
--- get outdoors; find inspiration; discover yourself ---
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