The Amazing Benefits of Being in Nature

Better health. Lower stress. Enhanced creativity. Sheer joy. It’s all out there, and it doesn’t take long.

When my son recently announced he wanted to try fishing, I jumped all over it, dug out my old fly rod, and we headed out beyond the city and suburbs to a stretch of river reputed to have some nice trout. We didn’t catch a thing, and we’ve had little luck on multiple, marvelous return trips.