Nature Essay

Nature Essay
Our nature walk in Mrs. Turner's class was very enjoyable. It is something that we should do more often. Nature is very beautiful, and it helps you to relax. Even though I did like the nature walk, it was very hot outside. There was also poison ivy and thorns everywhere. A few people had to go back to the classroom because they were allergic to poison ivy. On the whole, I think that it was a good idea for us to take a nature walk because it gave us a chance to have a little fun. Most people didn't really enjoy the beauty of nature because they discovered a ropes course that the ROTC uses. On the ropes course, they would climb up a tree and then roll down this huge net. Also, there were beer cans everywhere and you could hear the rushing of traffic down Highway 81, but this shows how society has changed over time. Most of us just mainly liked the nature walk because it got us out of class and it meant that we didn't have to do any work.
Emerson and Thoreau really show the importance of nature. In "Nature," Emerson states, "Nature never wears a mean appearance." I think that this statement is very true because nature is always beautiful, no matter where you are. Even if you are in the woods next to T.L. Hanna High School, nature is still something pretty to look at if you ignore some of the things in it like the beer cans and the ropes course. To me, how the sun was coming in from the trees was really beautiful. Emerson also says, "Standing on the bare ground-my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space-all mean egotism vanishes." In this quote, blithe means carefree, but it can also mean happy. When Emerson says this, he is talking about how everything else in the world just vanishes when he is observing nature. This isn't really true for me because I like to look at nature sometimes, but I still like being inside, and I'm not exactly a "camping" person. I enjoy being in nature sometimes, but not all the time. Nature can really make you relax. In "Walden," Thoreau says: "...I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Thoreau is describing how he wants to get away from everything else in the world and just go have time to himself in nature. He is saying that he wants to see only the essential facts of life, and see what he could learn from it. This explains what a lot of people need to do today. So many of us are so used to the technologies that we have today that we get caught up in it, and we forget some of the most important things in life which God has created. Nature can be very relaxing, and people should get away from their hectic lives and enjoy nature from time to time.
Nature is very important, but most people don't see that today. Most people get so caught up in things such as air conditioning, T.V., and computers that they forget about things that are truly important. Most people in our society today couldn't survive if they had to live like people many many years ago because we are so used to going to the grocery store to get the food that we need. You are beginning to see less of nature because a lot of trees and forests are being cut down so that buildings can be built. In years to come, people probably won't even go out to see nature anymore. This shows how society has changed over time.