The New World

I stand outside, looking into the distance. I can see trees canvasing a mountain, leading my eyes into a horizon of deep colors and wonder. With my eyes closed, the smells permeating the air are so similar to home, and the sounds reaching my ears ring true to where I came from, sending vibrations of remembrance through my bones. I could be there in those moments. When I open my eyes again and am greeted by the sight of the world surrounding me, I truly can tell that I am somewhere new. On the surface, the colors hold true to what I have known. The greens and blues comfort me as they always have. The yellows of day warming me in the way only the Sun could. However, underneath lies a new color scheme, one that it seems only I can see. This world around me now is new, undiscovered, unfamiliar, but it is now my home. I see these deeper colors because I am feeling a deeper connection. My first great adventure. My first chosen life change. My home for years to come. I appreciate what I now see on a level I have not before. I grew up with the nature around me because that is where I was. I have chosen to be around this new world, this nature, and I am now listening to it.

This move has been helpful for me on so many levels, but I want to share one of the biggest. I have found that, in some of my times of deeper thought, feeling, or remembrance, looking at the world that now is my home brings to me thoughts of calm and guidance. I have closed my mind to the clutter of the surface level existence and opened my mind to the naturally earthy thoughts coming from my new home around me. The trees, mountains, creeks, sky; anything created over time has something to tell you, sit down with me and listen. Find guidance in nature, peace in earth, and happiness in existence.