Nature's Hold On Me

My Introduction

This is a story about how nature's attributes shape a life. From streams and waterfalls, to animals. Reflection under moving clouds, with tree plantations accompanied by breeze passing by. Even camera roll holds proof and photos of green places and loved ones. Nature is home!

Nature's hold on me: how it started

Growing up, I admired nature so much. From the stretched blue sky with its cloudy designs to Greenland valley, especially when I went to the farm with mum. I can still remember the stream with a waterfall. One day, I went with Mom to wash clothes, I saw a monkey. Wow! that was my first time of seeing a monkey in reality. I was four years old that time. To this day, nature still has a hold on me.
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Ways Nature has a hold on me

• ‎When I'm sad, nature makes me force a smile, even at my lowest. Instead of pretending all is fine. Nature will just pull something in front of me: the clouds moving quietly in front of me, watching it distracts my mind from what I felt, and got me thinking about the Grand Creator, Jehovah. That thought calms me, and reminds me there's someone bigger than my problems.
  The same calmness comes when I see a newborn baby smiling or staring at me effortlessly, I can't hold back the smile in me. At those moments, I think: "Life is worth living despite it all."
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• ‎I have been building my life for years now, and understanding life's purpose keeps me going, even on the days I feel moody and heavy hearted. I guess that's what connects me to nature. When I walk through serene tree plantations with their nice landscapes, everywhere is quiet. The noises in my head fade and I start to notice slightest thing as the birds humming and breeze passing by with no rush. I think of how meditation can be so sweet here accompanied with sweet breeze. In those moments, I could recall why I started building my life and not to give up but keep pushing forward.
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• ‎Going through my camera roll of nature photos I took myself always calms my nerves, there bring back memories. With this photos, I could recall the serene green environment, the sound of water and laughter of loved ones beside me. Honestly, I can't live without nature beside me, and nothing has changed with how I view nature now, instead it gets better each day. Still having in mind to get more nature's beauty in my phone.

You can call me, "nature photographer," you are not wrong.😊