such a beautiful post, I've always run to nature, sometimes walking for hours or just lying there listening and feeling safe. It's a funny thing, today we encountered two black bears and it was scary because of our dogs and how they were charging for the bears, not a creature was harmed and all was well in the end but you just never know how those situations might turn out. I still I feel safe in the forest even knowing that I am a very small/weak creature in the grand scheme of things.