Morning Dew, Rainbows, and Concrete....What Is "Nature"?

Greenflash is about sacred moments in nature, when just amazing things happen that wake us up.  The actual Greenflash is documented, maybe the most vivid example.  That is why I chose it to name this whole great part of our lives as "Nature".  But what do we mean by that word....?  Is it forests, oceans, and fields, or can it be found in hard, cold, man-made cities?  Is it large scope or can it be micro or miniature?

One of my favorite artists in the world plays with this dichotomy....organic versus inorganic.  So what is the essence of life, if it sits in an inorganic bird's nest of steel, concrete, mesh-wire, and glass?

I was sitting this evening at a Major League Baseball game.  The evening air was cool, and a bit moist.  The breeze was soft.  The whole scene of 40, 000 people, blended with this carpet of beautiful green grass below...the colors, the sounds...

Yes, I was into a moment of total relaxation enjoying this all, and it was really relaxing.  I focused on some tranquil thoughts far away, and all the ballpark and movement, and noise and color just played as a nice background movement of music...while I was enjoying my thoughts of being somewhere else for those minutes...

I was sitting in  a hard plastic seat, on piles and piles of concrete floors, supported by concrete  and steel support beams..not like on a comfy wood bench by the sea...but it was like being in nature...

There is a set of places in natural surroundings we tend to call "nature"...for sure, and these we do need to see, smell, hear the sounds in, and if there is water, some of us take a plunge....we get a real big dose of that natural moment....with a flash component that is the surprise part...the "flash" can be the wake-up call that allows us to realize the moment as one of the Greenflash moments in our lives....it can be a rainbow, a thunderclap next to where we are standing on a mountain, it can be sighting a rare animal in the deep forest....or maybe a beautiful tranquil moment sitting in Section 309, Row 27, Seat 3 during an evening game at a concrete and steel stadium!

Tonight just reminded me we can create micro nature environments in our psyche and in our mind....
The tranquility that produces new thoughts and insights and just the "WOW!"  factor can and often does happen in concrete buildings, in stadiums, in micro nature places where we feel comfortable...

We are stronger if we can, BUT, we cannot forget the real thing.....when nature's force just decides to have a show!  And we are the audience...

Can the cross country flyer find the Greenflash on a flight from Chicago to New York?  If he can relax and tune out much of the flight stuff, he my be able to tune to the right stuff....noise-cancelling headphones, the right music....focus on a memory...

Moments in nature can be sought on rooftops....in ballparks, in streets, and at 30, 000 feet...

Greenflash cannot be willed.....it has a fickle nature......we can get almost totally there, but there needs to be a flash element, something that makes us say, "OK, there it was....there it was..."

It is what we all should teach our children about....

....and when it hits with huge intensity moments, we know we just received a special gift!