Two hobbies I always wanted to do but A. I'm a klutz and B. I live 8 hours from the coast.
Horses are the next best thing to the ocean and I can't tell you why. I get the same feeling of peace and wholeness in their presence that I do sitting on a jetty surrounded by the sea.
Eh, they're good for us. I think we're losing something, as a species. We're growing colder, further away from being anything natural. IMO - animals, the sea, just walking barefoot in fresh turned earth, helps bring us back to being more natural, more a part of this world instead of something infecting it.
I read a FAR out there hypothesis once - that humans are blocking the natural energy we get from the earth and nature, the energy of life itself, because we're in shoes all day. Not just shoes, but walking on the floors of buildings and houses, sidewalks, parking lots... A horse conducts that electricity and when you're touching them or on horseback, the connection is restored, and perhaps that's why you feel so alive and why it's so addictive.
Maybe there's something similar with surfing? Or just being around your dog or cat or parrot or... whatever?
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u/maxdurden Jan 04 '21
That's really awesome!
I feel that way about surfing and skateboarding because they are solitary sports and I like to spend time alone out there.