Sick of superlatives? Peeved with poetic prose? Vexed by verse? Well, the good news is, you don't need any of this to fully appreciate the natural beauty around you. By simply using any one or all of your senses, your soul will absorb the benefit of your attention to something and your thoughts can wander at random. The only important thing is to have actually noticed that something. It's not necessary to know the name of a bird or a flower or even a type of cloud. Your enjoyment is in no way less than that of the person who can give you a whole story about its breeding habits, pollination methods or whether it will rain. In fact it may even be better, because you are appreciating it for what it is, not what you know about it.
I stood outside on the deck last night under a full moon. From a distance came the chorus of a thousand frogs in the wetlands. Night birds called out as they left their roosts and swept by on silent wings. A crack rent the air as a wave broke on the rocky shoreline of the bay. Somewhere a dog barked. And overhead only the brightest stars glittered, their myriad companions dimmed by the light of the supermoon.
Peace fell upon me.
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