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Outdoor Living- An Experience That Should Be Had By All

By Jennifer Crawley

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Take a break from your regular lifestyle and experience some outdoor living every once in a while. This is my recommendation to anyone who seeks to develop their affinity with nature and understand more about the human place in divine Universal law.

In history we were much more attuned to the workings of nature and lived much more closely with it in order to survive. Occupations such as agriculture, fishing and rearing livestock caused us to acknowledge the great outdoors as the origin of our sustenance. We were more aware of cycles and seasons in nature and understood better the flora and fauna that made up our local ecosystems.

Today, many people have next to zero communions with the natural world. This is the alarming result of our increasingly indoor and sedentary lifestyles. Our sustenance is dependent on a wage economy and prevailing weather conditions that might have been critical to a family in the past have almost no impact on our salaries today. There could be a scorching heat wave happening but the modern worker may see this as only pleasant for leisure activities at the weekend. As his home, car, office and shopping mall are all fully air conditioned; he feels no negative impact at all.

It is still possible to commune with the great outdoors by taking a camping vacation. With just a little equipment such as a good quality tent, you can take yourself off to the remotest regions of the planet. The wonderful thing is that there are to be found some of these remote locations in any country you live in. It is not necessary to go abroad and thus camping is a great vacation alternative for people who need a holiday on a budget.

When you take a camping vacation, your time will likely be taken up by outdoor leisure pursuits. Hiking amid spectacular landscapes can be a very awe inspiring and humbling experience. Activities such as swimming in the ocean, rivers, lakes or beneath waterfalls, will make the usual laps in a chlorinated pool seem artificial. There is nothing like outdoor living to renew one's faith in the living and supreme Creative Intelligence. Nestling in the palm of Nature's majesty is an experience that touches the soul.

Outdoor living is now being appreciated as a good opportunity for bonding. When families or groups go camping together they benefit from the separation from the stresses of everyday life. Far removed from distractions such as television and newspapers they can spend more time communing with each other and overcoming the challenges of a outdoor lifestyle as a team. One recommendation would be that if you do decide to go camping, do not defeat the object by hauling along a vehicle full of portable appliances that will make it seem as if you are hardly camping at all.

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