learn to let go of tired skin

In English class today, we read an essay called "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. My teacher talked about how he was saying that we can't really be at peace when we're in our rooms. To be at peace, you have to get away from reality, from the every day anxieties. To be at peace, you must see the beauty in nature! With our life based around electronics and stuff like that, we forget the simple pleasures in life. We can get mad about the littlest thing, but we don't take the time to notice the beauty in things we tend to overlook.

"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things."

"To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a vey superficial seeing. The sun illuminates on the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still tryly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood."

When we were infants, toddlers, and little kids, everything amazed us. "The moon is following us!" "The stars look like .." etc. We were amazed by the nature around us; we bathed in the simple pleasures of life. But we live, breathe, and struggle with the everyday anxieties of life. We can't see the nature and beauty. Life becomes a routine, and beauty is lost. With beauty comes joy and happiness. When we do realize the beauty, we will feel this amusement we once felt when we were small.

"The stars awaken a certain reverance, because though always present, they are always inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence."