If I told you that I did not wear my shoes, went on a walk with a dog and went around the OSU cross country 5k made me feel more enchanted with nature would you be shocked. In the past week I have had several occurrences with nature and our environment. The events that occurred came shocking to me that I have not done these things before. All these events happened in Stillwater surprise cool things can happen in Stillwater. Most of all this made me realize I need to get out more but in a different way.
On Tuesday my work decided to not wear shoes because of the Toms event to not wear shoes to see how it feels without shoes. I love not to wear shoes in general and if I had the choice to not wear them all the time I would defiantly choice to be shoe free. That is not my amazing moment with nature, but as I was walking through campus to class I could feel all the things I was walking on from gravel, mud and grass I could feel the different temperatures and textures it really gave me a shock that I really felt connected with the areas I was walking on. After class I was waiting for my brother to come pick me up and was standing on warm cement, the warmth on my feet was uplifting and hear warming. I know cement is not a living thing but the things around it I felt as they felt the same feeling.
On Thursday after my long day of being stuck in the basement of the NRC a walk around Boomer was calling my name. My friend Liz and I got her dog Kobe and walked from her apartment to Boomer so we had to along Perkins Rd. and was we were walking Kobe he is a HUGE black lab was just jumping around and enjoying his whole walk even though we were going along the loud busy street. Kobe he just kept looking back at us with such joy in his eyes. It made me start to think of why he is enjoying the walk so much, that we are out about in the fresh air and it was so refreshing. We all need that hour or so to realize we actually are taking in some clean fresh air not some NRC basement air or library air some good fresh Oklahoma AIR. Other than enjoying the fresh air I enjoyed the time getting to connect with Kobe, to see his freedom and happiness when he was outside.
On Saturday it was so beautiful and my boyfriend and I had to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Boomer was super packed when we decided to go somewhere for a rock and sometime we would go run the OSU cross country 5k, which when you run it you really do not take in everything that you are running past. We had arrived at the OSU 5k and it was HOT but still decided to walk it, where we start off it just a green straight way in and on the right you have a field to the left a ugly lot that just has a bunch of junk on it. As you go further into the course you get more deep into the wooded area and you can just hear all the bugs and the wind and smell all the plants and tress (bad for allergies but thank goodness took my medicine before). It is just so nice to get away from all the buzzes and beeps when you walk boomer or the neighborhood. Another great part is the big golden field you see when you come to the top of the hill. It reminds we of movies and I just wanted to go frolic and spin around it but of course it had a huge locked fence around it which was a bummer but I just cannot get over how beautiful that moment was.
My past week to me was very connected with my surrounding environment. I got to do one of my favorite things not wearing shoes and it surprised me beyond belief. Kobe and I had a unforgettable connection and we about got to enjoy the fresh air and I saw a golden field that will be my favorite spot to go to when I keep to take a breath to breathe and get away from everything for a minute. I am glad that I found these things this past week become a little bit more connected with our environment.
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