Mendon Ponds, Again

Some days I feel a little more stressed than others. Today was one of those days and what better medicine is there for stress than a walk in the woods? I am grateful for safe autumn walks through the woods, even if it did decide to rain. It was mostly a sprinkle of rain, at least until we got back to the car.

Tonight I read this, "According to research studies in Japan in 1982, a 15-minute nature-walk can drop stress hormones by 16 percent, blood pressure by 2 percent, and heart rate by 4 percent." Somehow I knew exactly what I needed even before I read this. Probably all those afternoons I sent playing in the woods as a little girl...