1/14/2014
So, I spend a lot
of my time outdoors, either at the beach or on a field playing all types of
sports. But, on my most recent trip to Israel it gave me that sense of feeling
restored and rejuvenated. This past summer (summer 2013) I took a free trip to
Israel with my cousin and 25 other students from across the state of Florida
and it was breath taking. We were there for ten days and we must have been
outside at least half a day each day. Weather it was when we had to sleep in
tents in the Bedouin in the middle of the desert, floating in the Dead Sea,
hiking Mt. Massadah or jumping in the natural springs with huge water falls at
the bottom. I felt so refreshed and restored at the end of each day. Being on
this amazing trip of a lifetime technology was obsolete and it was amazing not
stress so texts, emails, calls, facebook, twitter, nothing. It was so surreal
to go all ten days without and actually was so easy. So, at FGCU I do feel
relaxed at certain time like right after a test and your walking through main
campus and the sun is out and the wind is blowing, I sometimes just sit on the
grass and breath and take a load off to just unwind and chill. So it is extremely
easy for me to relate to Louv’s story. No, I do not have ADHD but do have ADD (attention deficit
disorder) and it does affect my life to a certain extent. I needed to be
outside not because of ADD because that was my place to unwind and not to have
a worry in the world. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was twelve but growing up I
knew being outside was my sense of place. That’s where I was able to be myself
and not care about what was going on around either in class or at home.
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