Are you addicted to your cell phone or social media? If you're not sure, let me ask you just a couple of simple questions.
First: What’s the very first thing you do when you wake up?
Second: How often are you on your phone throughout the day?
Now… imagine an entire day without your cell phone. What would you do instead?
I can tell you what I did—because yesterday, I spent a whole day without anything… not even my clothes! I searched for the most secluded spot I could find because all I wanted was a day without distractions—not even people.
As it turned out, the 15-acre property I visited had only one guest: me! The owner happened to be there getting the place ready to open next week and made special accommodations to let me stay. And guess what? I didn’t miss my phone—or my clothes—one bit.
I’ll admit, the choices I made yesterday were a bit radical. But something unexpected happened along the way: I discovered a deeper connection to nature than I’ve ever known.
I laid in a hammock the owner had set up. I sat quietly in my chair and watched birds swoop down into a fast-flowing river, swollen from recent storms. I listened to birds communicate with one another—no cell phones, no likes or comments—just creation doing what it was made to do. It was raw and real, the kind of beauty we miss when we’re caught up in our usual routines.
So here’s something to ponder: think about your ancestors. Who had it better—us, with our glowing screens, or them, with the sun and the soil and the stars?
How long do you think you could live the way they did?
Now ask yourself: What would your life be like if you set down your phone and stepped outside?
You just might find, as I did, that happiness has been waiting for you in the sunshine all along.
Make today a good one. Let nature remind you of who you are.
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