The Nature of Business - Nature of Youngins & You in Our Work

"Get outside you fidgety youngin's" was an expression my Mother used when too much energy was inside the house. I use the expression here (fondly) to encourage others to do the same, particularly with children. "Outside" is where nature is. Oddly enough, outsides is also the place that the nature inside us, often comes out.

As a whole, we have disconnected ourselves from a very important part; the nature around us and the one inside us. Help your family, and yourself, reconnect to the nature in and around them. Here are a few suggestions how ...

Care for it and watch it grow. You’ll be reminded that seeds are simply untapped potential; potential that is hard to contain when cared for; easy to kill if ignored.

Dog, cat or cow. You’ll be reminded how miraculous life is, that a fair amount of pain is born to bring it about, and that each living thing, at the earliest age, has a unique nature all their own.

You’ll be reminded how painfully important others are to you, how important you are to them, and how small life's big window feels.

Spend two days (alone) in the wild. You’ll be easily reminded how humbling greatness is when you stand before it and how loud silence is when your thoughts rise from it.

A magazine rack. Grab some coffee and sit in front of a large commercial magazine rack (like Barnes and Noble’s). Spend ten minutes with every magazine that calls to you. You’ll reconnect with your natural interests and abilities. You may also be reminded how little time you spend with either.

Torture is taking away the things that come most naturally to us. "Isolation" and "immobility" are two of its oldest forms.
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