Journal # 19

I think when you are in nature you can see life and death happening all around you especially depending on the different seasons of the year. In the spring the flowers bud and plants begin to sprout. The beauty of nature is being born in the summer. Then in the fall the leaves die and fall of the trees and the trees become bare and the nature dies. I think this is a big sign to all that living and dying is what happens to everything and we see it take place everyday whether we realize it or not. In nature we just see the plants live and die and I don't think many people incorporate it into their own life. Most people focus on the living portion of life, of course because some fear death. But, it is just a part of the circle of life and we witness it every day. As in the spiritual aspect of life and death I think it varies from person to person. Everyone may believe in something different. Some may think they will go to heaven or hell others may think death is the end of everything and our life on earth is it. Some people may believe they die and get reincarnated into another life and they get to live and be apart of nature again. I think when people are living each person is apart of nature because every person can influence they world. They can pollute the earth or plant a tree. I think the whole thing just depends on beliefs and what kind of person you want to be. To sum up this post I believe that people can learn a lot about life and death by the nature around us. It seems like a weird thing to say but I believe that it is true. Watching nature you see the beginning of new life, the middle stages of it, and finally the death. You can plant a tree or cut them down. Just know that if you decide to cut down the tree that you are destroying a part of nature and killing a piece of it.