nature

it's so easy to get caught up in a fast paced rhythm in cities. today, i need to remind myself to spend more time this way.

"To go into solitude, a (wo)man needs to retire as much from her/his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a (wo)man would be alone, let her/him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between her/him and what (s)he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give (wo)man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would (wo)men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile." Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson