As I am writing this I am sitting outside my backyard, overlooking a pond and trees. I wish I could say I am having an eye opening epiphany, or feeling a humbling sensation from the nature, but I am not. To be honest, I am sitting here full of anxiety thinking of all the homework I have to do. I find this extremely depressing. I am outside surrounded by beautiful nature, and am too consumed with stress to enjoy it. I close my eyes and do breathing exercises that sheliah once had us to in class, to try and calm down. I breathe in the air, which is cold and crisp. While inhaling through my nose, I smell grass that was mowed and pollen drifting with the breeze. I feel the sun on my eyelids, as an orange light glows through them. As I concentrate