People are part of nature. When you are with other people,
you can do this same activity by finding something attractive
about them, about their nature.
Nature is part of you. Reverse the activity. Find some natural
aspect of yourself that you like or love and see if you can discover
and relate to that part of you in an attractive natural area
or another person. This also helps strengthen your relationships.
Use this activity as a tool
in your work or interactions. Send it to people as a gift and
discover their response to it. Then connect to the things about
them that attract you.
Additional activities in
Project NatureConnect courses and books will help you reconnect discomforting parts
of you with nature. When connected, nature helps you nurture
and renew them because that's what nature does best. Use attractive
natural areas, even a potted plant, to help yourself feel comfortable
about yourself. This increases your wellness and makes you more
resilient, You become more immune to nature desensitized people,
too, while people will become more respectful of you.
"We cannot
win this battle to save species and environments without forging
an (renewing the) emotional bond between ourselves and nature
as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love."
.......- Stephen Jay Gould
The activity you have just
done is from The Web of Life Imperative:
regenerative ecopsychology techniques that help people think
in balance with natural systems by Michael
J. Cohen, Ed.D. ,
To continue building attractive
relationships with natural systems around and within you, consider
the notice below.