Clarifying the Heart; Tranquility Reached

A 2019 study concluded that those who spend two hours or more outside per week realize positive effects on their health and well-being. Doctors are catching on, writing prescriptions for their patients that instruct them to turn to nature. A program in Canada provides patients with a free annual pass to the country's national parks.
“One might think that an invitation to enter into the stillness of nature is merely naive romanticism. It does entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until tranquility is reached. Indeed, the beauty of nature gently relieves and releases the caged mind.” – John O’Donohue
Affirmative prayer: I give thanks for the beauty and Oneness of life. For the wonder of it all, inside and out. May this splendidness be reflected in my words and actions this day, that I may be a blessing for others. Thank you, God, forever. Amen.

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