You see, space is of a premium in our house and due to a lack of funds, the best place to build an office was in the basement. This is all fine and good because it keeps me focused on work and the office is well separated from the house. However, there are no windows and no natural light.

Some of you would, as I have, shout great! However, I miss being able to look up from my computer screen to see the leaves falling. Or to feel a wind on my shoulder from the open window. We take nature for granted living in this digital world. We try to recreate it in games, simulate it, and manipulate it into new worlds. But in the end, nature has the last laugh on us. We shun the outside world for the digital but without the natural balance, we are just as far out of touch with life as anyone who excesses on something.

Take a minute, get up from your computer, take a walk outside. Clear your head. Don’t take nature for granted for she has ways of reminding you when you least expect it.