Shinrin-yoku is Japanese for "forest bathing," a type of therapy where one goes into the forest with healing intention. While not exactly a forest, Oakland Lake in Queens, New York, is a quiet greenspace where one can stop and watch a pair of swans drift through the water lilies, where the further one walks along the path, the sounds of 223rd Street disappear, replaced by those of birds calling to each other in the branches overhead. This is where my English Composition class and I went walking one stormy October afternoon.
We are all so very busy. Time has become a commodity and to take some it for the enjoyment of swans feels like "stealing" or something to apologize for.
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