1.0A Sense of Placehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/asenseofplaceElinor Prędotahttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/asenseofplace/author/epredota/Being in naturerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mAJvf0zDiE"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/asenseofplace/2013/06/being-in-nature/">Being in nature</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/asenseofplace/2013/06/being-in-nature/embed/#?secret=mAJvf0zDiE" width="600" height="338" title="“Being in nature” — A Sense of Place" data-secret="mAJvf0zDiE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/310/2013/06/bombuspascuorum.jpg640386The knowledge crept up on me: that I love being in nature, find it soothing, calming and connecting, not because it's more beautiful, or more 'authentic', or better than obviously human environments, but because it doesn't ask anything of me: it simply is.