After months of planning and preparation and a few last minute hitches (why did the washing machine decide to spring a leak the day I was moving out?) I have finally arrived in California at the start of my career break.
I have swapped the concrete suburbs of London for the peace and tranquility of a redwood forest.
It was a good decision.
I have been shedding layers of stress and each stride taken on sun dappled soil feels more springy as a result. The majestic redwoods compel your eye to travel up the long, straight trunks to the canopy, swaying gently in the breeze.
Mesmerising oscillation.
While lying on a bench, looking up and admiring the magnificent trees, I started thinking they were like my friends grouped around me, with hidden roots intermingling and helping each other stand upright.
That's what happens.
An improved lightness of being lets your mind start doing what it does best.
Thinking.
I have swapped the concrete suburbs of London for the peace and tranquility of a redwood forest.
It was a good decision.
I have been shedding layers of stress and each stride taken on sun dappled soil feels more springy as a result. The majestic redwoods compel your eye to travel up the long, straight trunks to the canopy, swaying gently in the breeze.
Mesmerising oscillation.
While lying on a bench, looking up and admiring the magnificent trees, I started thinking they were like my friends grouped around me, with hidden roots intermingling and helping each other stand upright.
That's what happens.
An improved lightness of being lets your mind start doing what it does best.
Thinking.
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