I went to Niagra falls yesterday and bathed in the waters as it came down, and I was so amazed by its awesomeness (used in the sense of awe-inspiring) and at how insignificant and tiny I am compared to the overwhelming supreme being which is nature. I realized long ago with disappointment that I have never really held a conversation with nature at all, for I have never been left alone with it for any longer than probably 10 minutes. Always another human, always another car burping by. I don't want to lose contact with it, because without nature what sort of reality would I really have? I can't help but think that my ethics and self would be somehow distorted, as if nature is what keeps me myself.
