Enjoying nature = weird?

To me, that is the most normal, natural state of mind you can have. People think your crazy just for being in tune with the planet. I'm sorry about yoyr family doing that to you.

 

I've walked through town barefoot a couple of times and people are just like 'where are your shoes?' I have high arches and a slight roll, so shoes aren't exactly made for my feet.
Also, singing in public, get loads of stares about that. I like to sing hippie songs, cos thats what I listen to, because its like my therapy. I don't ahve the best time at school, what with the way I dress etc., so I walk back through the woods singing my heart out. Feels like there's a weight lifting off my chest and I feel free.
Also, I always have an unresistable urge to twirl about on beaches, so I do. That is the most free thing i could ever do, barefeet, arms aout, staring at the sky, just twirling and thinking. I also go and stand in the sea for half an hour at the time, just staring. That's my meditating, the sea has a rhythm, it makes me feel calm and at one with the world.
I get laughed at for coming on this website at school. Sod them.

 

Kudos to all of you willing to throw caution to the wind when it comes to what others think. You should all be very proud of yourselves


Well, I too have had my share of clashes with this type of thing. Mostly in elementary school (grade 1-8). Not so much in highschool because--lucky for me--there were more of my kind of people there, so we all became kind of like a social family kinda thing. I loved it, and still see them, even though I'm in my first year of university. I also met my boyfriend in highschool, and he's the same (which is a bonus for me...he's the best )

Anyway, I think pre-teen kids are even worse than highschool-aged ones, because their sense of conformity was even stronger. Everyone was drooling over how much they loved some rapper of the moment, and I was completely left out of that whole social picture. I was listening to The Beatles, and had the longest hair in my class. Oh yeah, there were tons of things being thrown around..."stuff lives in her hair", "she never showers"...that kind of thing. It never really used to bother me, because everytime someone confronted me, I began to giggle...insanely. Which I think scared them even more, haha. I don't know why I found it so funny. Teachers would always tell me to put on shoes, and to go make friends during recess. But I would always just go sit in our field, and look at the sky, or read a book.

I love the feeling of grass on my bare feet, and I LOVE the sun. Is that a problem? As long as I'm not hurting anyone, what's the big deal?