Earthing

Edward Abbey.. I had a copy of Desert solitaire at work and a girl looked at me and said “Edward Abbey saved my life, I read his books at a depressingly low time in my life and his books saved me”

Whatever Abbey means to you I bet we all can agree his words bring a romantic warmth to our minds and hearts. The vivid detail of the earthly wonders of the desert and his matter of fact understanding of life makes simple reality clearer and somehow easier to approach.

Earthing to me isn’t just about our deep connection with Earth and nature. It's about reality. Living in reality. Having experiences in real time.

These days most would rather experience life and I do mean their entire life on facebook, playing video games or creating an alternative existence on social media bonding with people that we never see, likes that aren’t really umm real and collecting friends that we couldn’t even pick out of a crowd on the street. The vast disconnect between reality and this World we’ve created to live in is not only depressive, it is destructive. Most people don’t know how to socialize anymore and when they do get into social situations, they’re constantly checking their phone. 

We’ve created this alternative reality- the internet, much like alternative facts

it there, it's amusing at points but at the end of the day it’s all not even true, real or what really matters..

I know its cliche` but Life is too short- we all should realize this above anything.

There is a great big beautiful existence..real existence out there friends. Real experiences with people that you really can meet and have real friendships with.

Go experience. Earth on.