Summary
Earth Day falls on April 2024. Earth Day and mental wellbeing go hand in hand. The Earth has given us everything we need to live. We take from Mother Earth. Mother Earth’s gifts to us contribute to our mental wellbeing. We can participate in keeping Mother Earth healthy. Visit a National Park on Earth Day. Join an Earth Day event. Organize your own Earth Day event. Our mental wellbeing depends on a healthy Earth.
April 22, 2024 is Earth Day. Earth Day and mental wellbeing are intertwined.
Foster your mental wellbeing by honouring our earth, on Earth Day and every day of your life.
Mark your calendar. Participate in an event for mental wellbeing and celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 22, 2024.
Connectedness to the Earth
Lest you had not noticed, we are living on planet earth. Earth is home to me. I love my home.
Earth is a constant companion to all of us. I have obligations to my companion.
Earth deserves to be respected. Earth deserves my gratitude. Earth deserves my charity. Earth needs nurturing. Earth requires my attention to her health, safety, and beauty.
Earth gives me everything I need to live. Earth exposes the evolving sky to enlighten my day and shade my night. Earth affords me the opportunity for unbelievable relationships with people who inspire me and enrich my life. Earth shares her beautiful plants and animals with me.
Maybe I don’t deserve this sacrifice, especially if I do not give back to Earth.
Promote Mental Wellbeing via Earth’s Gifts
Earth Day and mental wellbeing go hand in hand.
The earth offers nature to improve mental wellbeing. Recall my post about poetry and mental wellbeing, in which I referenced the contribution of visiting greenspaces to mental wellbeing.
The earth lets me connect with people, engage in social connection, which benefits mental wellbeing. See my post about social connection and mental wellbeing.
Exploring earth’s spaces and beauty, I disconnect from technology which often kidnaps me, hijacking my ability to pay attention in the moment and just be present in the here and now. Read my post about technology and mental wellbeing.
On planet earth, symphonies of birds and sheep and bees and squirrels and cats and barking foxes and cicadas and all of earth’s wonders embrace me and lull me to sleep or invite me to learn about them. Consult my post on music and mental wellbeing.
As I wander around this home I call earth, I can exercise, in many different ways. Walking, running, skipping, skating, swimming, cycling, hiking, rolling, cartwheeling. Exercise contributes to mental wellbeing, as discussed in a prior post.
National Parks, Earth Day, and Mental Wellbeing
You may think I have gone too far.
Take a peek at the website for the National Park Service. If you ask me, they are right on target. They even identify two benefits of engaging in nature while visiting a National Park which I failed to mention. Visit a National Park to foster the development of empathy and promote learning thereby cultivating mental wellbeing.
See for yourself.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/health-and-wellness-benefits-of-parks.htm
Call to Action: Mental Wellbeing and Earth Day
Learn how each of us can care for our earth by contacting your municipality. They may have planned events to pick up refuse (garbage, litter) in your community. You may learn how to organize your own event.
Earthday.org offers information on the origin of Earth Day and how each of us can participate in events. https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/
Above all, be mindful, every day, every moment, about what you take from Mother Earth and how you can give back to Mother Earth. We owe her our lives.
Our mental wellbeing depends on a healthy Earth.
Be happy. Be safe. Be mindful of each other. Be kind to Mother Earth.
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