Nature's lesson: Nurture the mind

Life can be viewed in a variety of ways, depending on the perspective we have or what experiences have taught us to believe.

Life can be likened to a business, where relationships are things to be invested in or drawn from; emotions and feelings, love and kindness, all seen as a business exchange. Others regard life as a battlefield. They wake up in the morning, ready to assault the day, battle with the traffic on the way to work, battle at work and often assume a 'war face' as they try to get through the day. Yet others may see life as a game; they try to learn and understand the rules, and play accordingly. Others think of life as a performance, or as a school. All of these approaches have their own merits, but one very powerful way of looking at life, is by viewing life

We live in an era of instant gratification, and we are used to getting instant results in so many areas of our lives.

Our touchscreen technology is of course great, and can be helpful and useful, but we often neglect the greatest of all technologies that of our own minds. Our minds need to be nurtured, and if we take a look at how nature operates, we can see that we have tremendous amounts to learn. Nature is extremely intelligent, and the more we understand it and research it, the more lessons we learn for ourselves.