The Place With No Name

If you have never stood atop a high place as the wind caresses your whole body lovingly, then you have missed something sweet.

If you have never leapt from that high place and plunged into a deep clear pool uninhibited by any trapping of society, then you have missed something delightful.

If you have never lain in the cool grass while the rain drops kiss you in your entirety, then you have missed something valuable.

If you have never sat in a waterfall and been truly free, you have missed something worthwhile.

If you have never been down to the sea clothed only in the night, then you have missed something divine.

If you have never met the wilderness exactly as you are, then you have missed something very precious.

If you don't understand any of this at all, I hope that one day you will. If you never do, then you will have missed something important about your very humanity.

Shane's very eloquent words manifest what many of us feel when we are out there communing with nature . . . seeking and finding that epiphany; oneness and belonging. I very shamelessly borrow Shane's words here under 'Fair Use' in the hope that you will visit his website and come to the realization of what being a naturist really is all about. I cannot say it better than Shane.

Shane's Hiking Journal and "On Being Human"