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Brian Brawdy:
The greatest moments in humanity, the greatest moments in religion and for that matter music and art, have always come when the individual was alone in nature.

Brian Brawdy, author of the book, Something To Believe In…

There was something about solitude in nature and even if you weren't to take my word for it, when you look at what it meant to Beethoven, when you look at what it meant to Einstein or Newton… So, for me, my life has become more of a reporting role letting folks know how time alone in the wilderness has changed the course of humanity.

And so perhaps we should all find some time to spend alone in nature.

I tell people that there are seventy-two, twenty minute chunks in a twenty-four hour day. So, what I suggest to people, I actually call them mind-ups, just like push-ups or pull-ups or sit-ups, take twenty minutes, find your local parks, find your back yard for that matter. I ask folks all the time, take twenty minutes and watch the sun set. Give yourself permission for twenty minutes to be selfish.

And the results, says Brian, are well worth it.

I know that you'll come back a little calmer your pulse will have dropped a little bit. I know that you've had, if you've had the opportunity to clear your mind, like forget about paying the cable bill, and forget about the car payment and the mortgage, focus in the moment, you'll come back calm, and we know a little more level headed.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.