Hello Lance and Kristin,

It's great to see you over here Lance, a great blogger doing a great guest post on a great blog! :-)

Wow!  I love this article and it reaches something that is very deep within me.  I cannot remember a time when nature did not touch and speak to me.  I find it hard to put words on it, but the word "minister" comes to mind.  Nature ministers to me, performs healing for my body and spirit.  Nature grounds me, puts things back into perspective for me.  Nature instructs me and puts music in my heart.

Nature provides all this to me and in so many ways that I find it difficult to pick one way that I connect with nature the most.  Certainly a sun rise qualifies, as does being in the woods, hearing only the wind in the trees.  The sound of moving water, a thunderstorm.......and so on.

I am so glad you wrote this article and brought this topic to light for everyone to see.

Thank you