I am writing this post on my iPhone underneath My Favorite Tree. It’s in a big grassy area near the house Heather and I were married in. It may be hot as hell outside at the moment, but there is a beautifully relaxing breeze rustling the branches (and my shaggy hair) that is making the heat a non-issue.
You can find beauty everywhere. Here I am in shitty Chandler, Arizona yet I feel completely relaxed and happy. I see green all around me and the only noises I hear are the steadily increasing breeze and a few skaters having some fun at the nearby skate park. I’m currently writing a post about atheistic spirituality that will cover most of what I am feeling right now so I won’t go into much detail, but I don’t see how any experience anyone can have in a church could even come close to rivaling the beauty of even this shitty little park and all it represents. I may not believe in a lot of the ridiculous stuff that those Sedona and Flagstaff new agey types are into, but they are definitely spot on about the benefits of connecting to nature. I love my gadgets, but this far surpasses any shiny new toy Apple can ever throw at me.
Don’t forget to SMILE!!!
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Beautiful! Being outside, whether under a beautiful tree or watching a sunset at a lake or staring up at the stars, is more spiritual and invigorating to me than any “house of worship” built by humans that I’ve ever been in. No stuffiness, no required silence or prayer, just absorbing the beauty of what we know? Now THAT is a worship I can get behind.
Hallelujah!!!