Get Reconnected
“Exciting and fulfilling as our lives
may be, most of us are cut off from our natural surroundings. We live in heated
houses, drive automobiles on asphalt highways, work in air-conditioned
buildings, and eat processed foods. In the course of a normal day, we encounter
a barrage of unnatural sights and sounds- traffic lights, sirens, jackhammers,
stereos, billboards, telephones, passing jets and television screens. To
minimize the confusion, we often close ourselves off to the best stimuli and
tolerate the worst. Moreover, we live much of our lives by the clock, catering
to schedules and worries more readily than to our own inner urgings.
In a world such
as this, wilderness recreation has tremendous importance. Every year, millions
of people flock to backyards and city parks. For many of us, this fulfills a
yearning almost as basic as hunger. But the shackles of modern society are not
easily thrown off. Even when removed from fast-paced environments, very few of
us are able to slow down enough to appreciate the full splendor of nature. We
often go to the woods burdened with so much anxiety and with senses so battered
and dull that we can absorb only a fraction of the messages awaiting us beyond
the asphalt and concrete. Galaxies around us go unnoticed and unexplored
because we have lost our feeling of connection with the earth.
Yet that
connection can be reestablished- in large part simply by awakening and
nourishing our innate awareness. With a few simple skills and some dedicated
practice, any person can open his or her senses to the full richness of nature,
regardless of what he or she seeks there." - Tom Brown, Jr., America’s most renowned survivalist,
naturalist and outdoorsman
See the short video
on YouTube.com that was made for