'We need to restore our lost contact with nature'

I fear people may have lost the capacity to understand living things or to interact with, this loss helps to explain such vandalism to the living world of nature that surrounds us and makes our way of life possible. 

There is a need to restore the lost contact.

As humans we tend to have an over-developed feeling of superiority over animals and nature. 

I believe our wild vegetation is highly worthy of our attention, and in itself is of the utmost consequence to mankind, with the production of many of the greatest comforts and elegance of life ie wine, medicines, honey, oil, bread, cereals and timber to name just a few.

The great majority of our children love animals and nature and are most anxious to learn as much as possible about them.

Everything in nature points towards pleasure and away from pain (which I myself have experienced) pleasure being a necessary part of a happy existence, it is an activity of the best part of a human being (the mind) and the virtue connected with it is wisdom.

When you come to something good the first thing to do is to share it with whoever you can find, that way the good spreads out and there’s no telling where it will go. 

Hopefully it will inform the mind educate the spirit, and lighten the heart.
Back in history Plato, a disciple of Socrates, opened the first academy where Aristotle was educated in the teachings of Socrates.

It was, however, set in a beautiful olive grove which was conducive to learning, with the words and wisdom of Aristotle now showing true today. This countryside of ours is a beautiful outdoor classroom and must be protected, our traditions and our heritage must not be swept away. 

If you have touched or made a difference to one person’s life because you have lived, then you have truly lived.

Bob Williams
St Helens born and bred