Hi.
Good evening.
I hope you had a good day.
My day has been what some may class as a difficult day,
But there are also a lot of moments in it that I'm really grateful for and that made me very happy,
So we take the rough with the smooth.
I've just finished a 12 hour shift and I have come to take myself as far away from society as I can get.
And I just thought I'd describe this place to you.
Because I feel so peaceful right now.
And I would love to be able to translate that feeling to somebody else right now.
Someone who really needs it.
I love the woods.
There's birds.
So many different types of birds.
There's the bush.
Of cause in the background.
And if I squint hard enough I can see them as they pass through the trees.
There's also occasional little zings,
There's bugs flying around.
It's so peaceful here right now.
And I'm reclined against.
The coolest moth I have seen in England so far.
If I could describe it,
It kind of looks like a Christmas tree but completely flat on the floor and it's covering these rocks that I'm lent up against.
They're quite big and jagged,
I think it's slate.
And also there's a massive pile of leaves next to me.
And there is that inner child in me just squealing to jump in the leaves as I leave.
It was a little bit of a climb to get here,
Totally worth it.
Not sure how I'm going to climb back up but we'll deal with that when I get to it.
I'm a little bit high up,
Not as high as I could be,
But high enough to have a beautiful view.
And I can see trees.
All kinds of different trees.
I almost wish I knew the names of them.
But it's a mishmash of different patterns and colours of leaves stacked up against each other and they continue going until I can see the sky.
And the skies.
Covered in a thin layer of clouds.
There's those little streaky clouds that come out of aeroplanes and they're kind of spreading out as they come down.
And then this long oblong shape.
Greyer ones,
Even higher above those streaky clouds.
Listens to the left of me.
And as it's coming through a cloud right now it looks kind of grey.
But to the right of me it's blue.
Not brilliant or rich blue but.
.
.
Like a calming breeze.
Pastel.
And if I look down,
I can see more rocks covered in moss and smaller trees and shrubbery.
And if I keep looking down,
I can see I don't know how to describe.
It's not a lake.
It's not a pond.
A bit like a ravine.
The water's not moving.
Well,
A little,
But barely at all.
There is no current.
It's just rippling ever so slightly so that the light glimmers off it.
The light that's peeking through the trees.
And as for those leaves that I mentioned earlier,
There's so many different types scattered across the water's surface.
Little clumps of them making dark areas.
Also a little pile of branches that's floating from the moor have fallen from a tree that's leaning.
Looks like it's going to fall.
I'm nowhere near that,
Thankfully.
And if I look past that,
You can see more of those rocks.
These are much bigger,
Like a slab,
A solid slab.
Look at the slab of rocks it has.
Plants and some type of tree growing all over the surface,
Their stretched out little skinny limbs remind me of little fingers that are clinging onto the rocks.
I suppose plants like to rock climb too.
Every so often I can see an animal.
Lots more bugs.
But every so often an animal.
There was a squirrel racing up a tree There was the duck.
And also I have no idea what it was but I caught the little splash of it at the end as I started to make my way down onto the rocks earlier.
As I'm lying here and I'm looking and listening and smelling and feeling all of this beauty that nature has made,
I notice that my breathing has slowed down.
That I've released any tension that I was holding in my body throughout the day.
I've let myself relax enough where I can hear the beat of my own heart.
And it's comforting.
So many animals around me,
So many sounds.
And I'm joining in with them,
With my own self.
The bee of my heart.
It makes me think of those animals around me,
Those birds that are calling right now and how they are completely unaware about the sound behind me.
That I can handle.
It makes me wonder what other things.
Having the exact same experience as me right now.
Things that I comment.
Things that people around you can't hear.
And things that you can't handle.
I enjoy listening to everything that is around me.
I enjoy slowing down at some point throughout my day so that I can appreciate everything I hear and everything that I maybe didn't listen to straight away.
I wonder if there's things that you want to be listening to.
Things that you could be listening to,
And if they're the right things,
If they're the things that can bring you joy and happiness.
Or add to the strain.
Add to the tension that you may have felt throughout the day.
That has now completely faded away.
I hope you're in a position that is as comfortable as the one I'm in right now.
Because I'm just going to stay here for a little while.
I'm going to allow myself to completely relax and unwind after my time.
And I hope that you will join me.
And I'm going to stay here as long as I need.
And float into a peaceful oblivion.
So that I'm prepared for whatever comes next.
For whatever comes tomorrow.
I wish you all the best.
Namaste.
